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Title: In the Cut (Spanish Edition)
ISBN: 0330347810
Author:
Susanna Moore
Publicate Date: 1998-12
Publish: 1998-12
List Price: $24.90
Average Customer Rating: 3.0
Format: Hardcover
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Amazon Lowest Used Price: $0.02
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1: Good for recycling
I am surprised that this book is considered a National Bestseller. I can only imagine that is because of the sex. Moore seems bent on trying to shock the reader with her graphic, violent, but ultimately sad sex scenes. In this day and age when we are supposed to all be going green, when the "in thing" is to recycle and the conservation of natural resources, the best thing would have been to never bother publishing this mess of a book in the first place. Since someone found a reason to publish it, please do the "in thing" & recycle it instead of reading it. You'll feel better for it, believe me!
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2: sort of a more graphic version of "Looking for Mister Goodbar"...
As you can tell from the other reviews, "In The Cut" is a rather graphic and depressing read about a young English Lit instructor in Manhattan who seems to be a bit over-sexed, attracts over-sexed and depraved men, and finds herself in a very dangerous position. The book is very bold, too bold for this middle-aged reviewer, in its language and depiction of sexual acts. I suppose all the trashy talk about rough sex is not gratuitous (ie, it fits with the story) but it makes for uncomfortable reading. Yet unlike most of the other reviewers I found "In The Cut" to be a realistic read. I just hope the characters depicted represent a very small subset of society.
Bottom line: not for the squeamish or the prudish. But the author does tell it like it is. Guardedly recommended.
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3: Quite possibly the worst book I've ever read
This book is a mess. I am amazed that it had 100,000 copies printed. It's supposed to be a thriller but the plot is transparent and predictable. It's supposed to be erotic but it was more like 4th rate porn.
But the worst was the terrible writing. The author loses track of a couple of scenes. Meanings are lost in murky language that seems to be an attempt at great writing but comes across as a parody.
I'm glad I bought the book used. I don't want anyone to ever pay for this copy again so I'm going to leave it lying at the airport or in a coffee shop with a warning inside the front cover.
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4: Dark erotic thriller
This was my first Susanna Moore book, and I picked it up because of all the hype about it when it first came out. I found the book to be a darkly entertaining erotic mystery. Moore has quite a way with descriptions, her language at times humorous, her imagery vivid. Yes, there is raw sex in the book, and yes, Moore minces no words when it comes to crude references to sex and sexual acts. None of that bothered me, though. What did bother me was the ending. I winced at the prolonged brutality of it, but I was mostly shocked at how the book ended. I was one of those readers who never saw it coming, and it felt extremely abrupt to me. After I read the last sentence, I thought, "What? That's the end?" I felt as if things were unresolved. I sat in stunned silence, part of me in admiration of Moore's ability to pull out the rug from under my feet, part of me in dismay that Moore did not end her novel in a more satisfying way. I guess I'm one of those readers who wants all the loose ends tied up. Regardless, I was riveted by the book while I was reading it, and in fact, I read the entire book in one sitting. It's not a long book, and it moves along at a good clip.
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5: Gruesome
So-so, as books go.
Beware the gruesome ending - not for the faint-hearted.
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