emfiliane reviewed Sin Doll by Orrie Hitt
Review of 'Sin Doll' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
Most fan fiction is better than this crap.
Beginning inauspiciously with incredibly stilted language and bad sex, this seedy little dime novel doesn't really have any redeeming qualities. It's got vintage titillation and a couple of lesbian scenes, sure, but even then it's so packed full of moralistic angst that only someone as caught up in the same shame over porn can ever get into Cherry's head. At no point does Cherry sound like a woman, rather than a man's idea of what a proper woman should feel, and every man is a fast-talking manipulative bastard that all just happen to be good guys who want the best for her after all, and don't you feel sorry for them. The Madonna/Whore complex on display here is so intense that it seems to drive every interaction, and the bland main character exists only for other people to push around for most …
Most fan fiction is better than this crap.
Beginning inauspiciously with incredibly stilted language and bad sex, this seedy little dime novel doesn't really have any redeeming qualities. It's got vintage titillation and a couple of lesbian scenes, sure, but even then it's so packed full of moralistic angst that only someone as caught up in the same shame over porn can ever get into Cherry's head. At no point does Cherry sound like a woman, rather than a man's idea of what a proper woman should feel, and every man is a fast-talking manipulative bastard that all just happen to be good guys who want the best for her after all, and don't you feel sorry for them. The Madonna/Whore complex on display here is so intense that it seems to drive every interaction, and the bland main character exists only for other people to push around for most of the book.
The one thing that kept me from putting it down is that the writing did improve and start to flow, even if the characters and story didn't. It felt like a first novel, and I feel bad for buying a few Orrie Hitt books at once now.