Review: Romance With a Nice Family Dynamic
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 19, 2014
This was a very enjoyable read EXCEPT for a couple of graphic sex scenes. Granted, they were between husband and wife, and I'm not a prude--I think the physical act of love in the intimacy of a marriage is a beautiful thing--but neither am I a voyer, wishing to see others perform sexual acts before me. Writers of these long descriptive sex scenes see them as only harmless words, not pornographic images. They forget that the written word is more powerful than a movie depiction. If these same scenes were shown in a movie, exactly as described in this book, that movie would be rated NC-17 and most decent people would avoid seeing it. If you've ever gone to see a favorite book made into a movie you know how disappointing it can be as no director can depict in 2 dimensions what our imagination can produce. Our minds make far more vivid accounts as we read words. That's why a sweet love story like this one is soured by the descriptiveness of these long sex scenes. A good writer can give us the impression of the love and intimacy of a young married couple delighting in each other's bodies without these lewd scenes. Now that my rant is finished, the story was beautiful and nicely told with the exception I've already made.