Fatal Detractions: Five Little Relationship Cancers That Don't Care Who Is Right or Wrong
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend In his critically-acclaimed 2004 novel, “Bait And Switch,” Larry Brooks introduced us to Wolfgang Schmitt, wise-cracking ex-underwear model, copywriter and cynic and on the verge of a mid-life crisis, who is recruited by the FBI to seduce the bad girls and out-wit their men. Wolf has a lot to say about life and love, so on the side he writes self-help articles on relationships, as well as a column called “Bullshit In America” (also an Amazon.com Short). FATAL DETRACTIONS is the… Product details and pricing info |
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- But I'd really prefer not to assign a score...
- Hi Larry...three stars. I know that sucks, but I can't fault your content in case you'd wanted to know.
Lookit, you've made some excellent points in there, though I feel that thirteen pages is probably not long enough to do this particular subject matter justice. I'd also subsequently learned that for the most part, this is a commentary on the part of one of your fictional characters in your published novel, less the views of yourself and even less so as some kind of self-helf guide.
Plenty of these could have gone over really well as voice-overs in a great arthouse film, and there were even some comedic lines in there, especially the one about how "...even pigs know when something's good." So true, so true.
I've assigned a THREE because it lands safely in the middle of the scale. It's my idea of an ambivalent ranking, and while I'm not typically an ambivalent type and I shun the so-called middle, anything more would not be in keeping with my historical assignment of a score of four or five stars. This is, as well, certainly not less than a three star effort. Ergot, I wouldn't dare touching two or even (horrors!) a single star.
I'd have liked to see this Short more in context. As in, if it were totally "fictional," than to at least announce it at the outset in the copy. It seems highly specific to your protagonist's given situation, and while that particular situation might have been interesting in the extreme, I'm not sure it was appropriate here.
Indeed, there's much here in the way of counselling, or of advice for couples undergoing a marital crisis. Just more generally? I'm not sure...I'm lost for words how to describe my reacion to it.
BS IN AMERICA is my next work from you. Considering all I've heard about it, I'm very much looking forward to the read. Sorry I couldn't award more. I would have liked to.
--ADM in Prague - 2006-11-06, 1 of 3 people found this review helpful, Rated:
