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Marjorie

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I admit that I am biased since I know the author of Marjorie well, but nonetheless, I really enjoyed this book. I felt like the sex scenes were all necessary for advancing the plot and theme of the work, and that they were not inappropriate. Of course, I wouldn't give Marjorie to my hypothetical ten or twelve year old child, but for anyone who likes the coming of age genre, or who is experiencing the sort of difficulties that Marjorie is, I believe Marjorie would be a great read. Good work Bassett!

I'm not a stranger to literature that includes sexual themes and references, and I'm not afraid of feminist writings. I consider myself to be a feminist, maybe not to the point of burning bras,but still a feminist. With that in mind, I find Marjorie by Lawrence Bassett to be a book that relies heavily on sexual themes to keep the read interesting and seemingly self-defeating in purpose. The book promotes the idea of independence and self-relience, especially for women. It also promotes the idea that women are dominant over men because they can control to some extent the sexual urges that men have. I agree with this point at some level; I can understand that women can gain control in relationships by regulating sex and that men are weak because of their desires. However, I think Bassett's point is self-defeating because the strong female character that Marjorie meets wants sex herself!

I dislike this book overall...not simply for what appears to be gratuitous sexual themes, but also because what could be a strong plead for feminism and the rights of women in our culture and families is ultimately impotent in this book because the strong women in the book have the same flaw that men have.