19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
You've Got to Be Kidding Me, March 11, 2006
This review is from: sex.lies.murder.fame.: A Novel (Hardcover)
First I'd like say I believe Lolita Files to be wonderful writer but I just finished sex.lies.murder.fame (three days worth of forced reading) and am still scratching my heading and muttering to myself "this can't be the same author who wrote Scenes from a Sistah and Getting to the Good Part"?
sex.lies.murder.fame started out slow and ended on the same note. The main characters, Beryl Unger and Penn Hamilton are both mental cases, one who should have stayed under a doctor's care and the other a genius who doesn't realize he has a problem. Oh yea, I did pick up two things from this novel which I researched:
1. Narcolepsy (a chronic neurological disorder caused by the brain's inability to regulate sleep-wake cycles normally) for which there is not cure but is treatable through the use of specific drugs; and
2. Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a neurobiological disorder defined by recurrent, unwelcome thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive behavior (compulsions) that OCD sufferers feel driven to perform.
sex.lies.murder.fame was the most boring novel I've read in some time. The only reason I finished sex.lies.murder.fame is because this is "Lolita Files", her novels are fabulous but not this time. sex.lies.murder.fame does not live up to Ms. Files' past novels in no shape or form and now I'm not sure if I'll ever chance another of this author's works, at least not in hardcover.
I'm sitting here wondering what to do with this novel, I can't give it to anyone I know as they'll probably end up beating me across the head with it and I hate throwing out novels as they are precious to me but I may have to make an exception this time cause this novel is not worth taking up space in my residence.
I would love to have said I should have waited for the paperback release but it wouldn't make me feel any better, I would have just waited a whole year and still end up scratching my head in wonder.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
The word "disappointed" does not say enough., March 24, 2006
This review is from: sex.lies.murder.fame.: A Novel (Hardcover)
This book was very disappointing. This was the first time I ever bought a book from an author I didn't know anything about and I'll never do it again. I started to return the book when I first got it because it had a slow start but I forced myself to read it. I don't know if this author meant to sound cruel or mean but she did. The characters were so unbelievable, I couldn't picture them in my mind. There was so much unimportant fluff in this book, it was crazy. At the end of the book, I just started skipping over the drawn out parts, which were many. I don't think I really know the ending but I wasted enough time on it.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
I can't get into this one!, March 10, 2006
This review is from: sex.lies.murder.fame.: A Novel (Hardcover)
I am so disappointed with this book! I have been trying to read it for two weeks, and I'm only on page 20. I find the beginning so boring, it puts me to sleep. I can't follow the characters, I can't follow the language(tone)... Maybe I will pick it back up when I don't have anything else to read.
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