![]() ![]() ![]() The story ends abruptly and unfinished with only a note to reveal O's possible fate. After that it felt like there wasn't really anywhere else for O to go. O's journey of self discovery, for want of a better term, is complete by about the 3/4 stage of the book. ![]() ![]() Its a subtle but important difference between this and other S&M stories. She likes the pain inflicted on her only in so much as it makes her feel like she is under another persons control. Much of S&M revolves around getting pleasure from experiencing pain but that never happens to O. Its a really interesting character piece.Īlso now that i think about it, it's also not about pain. Sometimes O's suppression of self for something outside herself takes on an almost religious nature. Its not about sex its about control and need. The sex in this book is blunt but not graphic, or perhaps graphic but not detailed. She seems intelligent, stable, financially independent, and is even shown to be something of a predator herself on occasion. O isn't tricked, intimidated or emotionally manipulated into agreeing with what is done to her. I think the main difference is the consensualness of the proceedings. I mean even Fanny Hill was a difficult read for me but this was much less so. I have to say that it was a lot less uncomfortable a read than i expected. There is an entire group or society involved in this, a bit like in Ninth Gate or Eyes Wide Shut. The quintessential S&M story, although perhaps a little more theatrical than reality. ![]()
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