Customer Reviews

Slave Island

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This book is nothing like I had thought it might be. I am a fan of Paul Little's "The Story of Monique / The Metamorphosis of Lissette Joyeaux" and thought "Slave Island" would be similar... I was very wrong. It was very violent and revenge-ridden. It isn't a fun and forbidden erotic fantasy book. If you're a fan of big time S & M, then maybe you would like it, but it's not for me.

I had high expectations for Slave Island. The basic premise of held great potential, and it has been wonderfully exploited in novels by Anne Rice and others. But Slave Island is no novel. It's pulp, worth little more than the paper it is printed on.

Slave Island is badly written. It is full of spelling and grammatical errors which distract and annoy the reader.

To be effective, erotic literature must encourage the reader to identify with one or more characters. But Slave Island is populated with vile caricatures. The victims are such haughty snobs they must offend even themselves, and their captors have left all redeeming qualities on the mainland.

The author must have a great resentment for society and civilization. His villains (heroes?) are whining malcontents whose only purpose seems to be exacting revenge on those unfortunate enough to discover this mysterious island.

One star is a little much for Slave Island. The plot was not followed through and the few pieces of sex it had were not very well descripted a 9 yeaar old could write a better book about a butterfly.

Paul Little has once again reached near perfection in his "Slave Island." He brings history to life in the form of Ivan Tenkovich who epitomizes the downtrodden serf that for a time enjoys his revenge upon three noblewomen. Although his victory is short-lived one can identify with those who fight tyranny; in this case the tyranny was in the form of the Russian nobility who tortured two members of Ivan's family. Lord Henry Philbrock's island I am sure, would appeal to the fantasies of many who would like to enjoy the pleasures he supplies to his wealthy guests. More than we care to admit many of us would like to be the owner or a guest of this pleasure paradise run by this Englishman. The setting and descriptions in this book show that the author is far from ignorant in his knowledge of history; in fact as well-informed as some writers of history. All in all a good read.