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A review by jasminenoack
Sex Dungeon For Sale! by Patrick Wensink
5.0
Yes, yes, I am reading these books too fast and giving everything 5 stars, but it isn't my fault. They have all been short and I have simply picked books that I knew I was going to like.
This had everything I want from a short story collection, predictable but hilarious twists, creepy stories, lots of sex references, and swearing (although that there could have been more of). I liked the story that is available on [a:Patrick Wensink|3126829|Patrick Wensink|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1264554430p2/3126829.jpg]'s goodreads blog, and I liked the rest of the book. It reads a bit funny because there isn't a lot of continuity in length of the stories they vary in length greatly and one will seem long and the next is over before it starts, but I suppose some things you just have more to say about than others, and there is nothing worse than overextending a good joke.
The stories although strange don't seem completely out of the ordinary. Could someone have a sex dungeon? yes. Could someone hire another person to punch people? yes. Could someone's job be spreading diseases? certainly. I could get really intellectual and talk about Wensink's commentary on capitalism and the process of industrialization and make the book sound horribly boring, or I could just give you a taste:
"'No' the bible holding one said. He stuck his fingers in the space between the hardback covers. From that hollowed out holy book, the soldier fished up the world's tiniest bullet proof vest, the size a baby doll would wear."
now really tell me you don't now want to go buy the book.
This had everything I want from a short story collection, predictable but hilarious twists, creepy stories, lots of sex references, and swearing (although that there could have been more of). I liked the story that is available on [a:Patrick Wensink|3126829|Patrick Wensink|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1264554430p2/3126829.jpg]'s goodreads blog, and I liked the rest of the book. It reads a bit funny because there isn't a lot of continuity in length of the stories they vary in length greatly and one will seem long and the next is over before it starts, but I suppose some things you just have more to say about than others, and there is nothing worse than overextending a good joke.
The stories although strange don't seem completely out of the ordinary. Could someone have a sex dungeon? yes. Could someone hire another person to punch people? yes. Could someone's job be spreading diseases? certainly. I could get really intellectual and talk about Wensink's commentary on capitalism and the process of industrialization and make the book sound horribly boring, or I could just give you a taste:
"'No' the bible holding one said. He stuck his fingers in the space between the hardback covers. From that hollowed out holy book, the soldier fished up the world's tiniest bullet proof vest, the size a baby doll would wear."
now really tell me you don't now want to go buy the book.