Review: Could have been a great book
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 23, 2014
I bought a copy of Going Up And Going Down based on the glowing reviews it's received, literary masterpiece, one of the best erotica books ever written but sadly I was misinformed or I failed to see in this book what others have seen.I struggled to finish it and I mean really struggled. I'm not one for just giving up so I stuck with it and after four attempts I finally got to the end. The story itself was well written. If I was reviewing based only on the story, I would probably have given a higher rating but the author's biggest mistake was writing erotica. For me, erotica is meant to be hot, sexy, sensual and this was far from that.The sex scenes had me either cringing over references to holes that needed filling, muscles and love syrup or laughing because they were funny. Sadly as the author has not published under Erotic Comedy and her intention it would seem was to produce a steamy read, it was definitely a fail when it comes to this book. It felt more like the author was trying to shock readers with the way the sex scenes were written but they came across as rude, crude and vulgar, not sexy, sensual and steamy.I think this could have been a great book if the author had not tried to write erotica. The story itself was well written but for me personally, the sex should have been left out.Of course, we all like different things but this book was definitely not for me.