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Sex & Violence
by Carrie Mesrobian
I read this book for a library book club (21&up). When I finished the book, I felt good about having read it. I was expecting something different based on the summary of the book. I was expecting a sexual assault which would be an interesting topic given that male sexual assault is not something often talked about in our current society, especial when the assailant is female. However, this book took a different route. Like I said I felt good having read it, but I had a few reservations that I didn't yet know how to express except the fact that I didn't like Baker very much. She wasn't a very well developed character and she wasn't presented well. She expresses certain opinions at the beginning of the book, but then completely disregards them later on when she decides they don't suit her needs. She is very self centered and is only there to push the story along. It wasn't until we discussed it that it was pointed out that there were all over, too many characters. Most of them weren't even developed well either. I expected to see more from certain characters, but it was like everyone was just there to fill space and kill time. I still liked the all over feel of the book, and I was very impressed that a female author wrote a male character that kept my attention. So over all, the book wasn't bad, but I would have liked to see more from it.