Customer Reviews

Tansie

5 star:		(1)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

this is probably one of the worst books i have ever read. the prose is stilted and trite. i think the only reason it got published was because it is about a lesbian relationship. the characters are flat - no depth is allowed them. there are so many more and better books about lesbian relationships, start with those. if i were to rewrite it, i would yell "SHOW, DON'T TELL!" at the writer in a fit of rage. the sentences are reminiscent of Hemingway, except lack his literary value. everyone is rich and beautiful. it is the 90210 of the lesbian fiction world.

In other reviews I read at other sites regarding this book, it was termed a psychological thriller. That was one of the main reasons I bought it.

To me a thriller indicates suspense, tightening tension, and an
unusual, exciting climax/ending to the story. This novel has none of those ingredients.

At 413 pages, this draggy book about a negative lesbian love affair, is very repetitive. The storyline is rather thin, involving two women, Alix, a seemingly heterosexual woman who is happy with her male lover(s), but then becomes romantically and sexually involved with Tansie, and turns her back on heterosexuality with no particular explanation; and Tansie, a lesbian woman whose erratic behavior is never explained beyond saying she had an abusive childhood--which is also never examined.

As another reader here noted, and I couldn't agree more, the writer does not give us any depth with these characters and does telling, but not showing.

The words "internalized homophobia" are never used, but in my opinion both Alix and Tansie have that problem, Tansie to a greater degree than Alix. In fact, that is the main problem in their relationship.

The reader is even cheated sexually because there are no sex scenes per se in the book although the characters spend an inordinate amount of time making love.

I do alot of reading of Lesbian ficton and this is my favorite and everyone who I have given it to! Once you start you won't be able to put it down as the story takes you through many times and places. I wish the author would write another.