- Paperback: 195 pages
- Publisher: Kensington Publishing; New edition edition (1 Jan 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0758200919
- ISBN-13: 978-0758200914
- Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 14 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,648,328 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Young, virile and hungering for something more than a stagnant New England mill town has to offer, Timothy is at a crossroads. He can work in the local lumberyard, his nightlife limited to fleeting, clandestine encounters with strangers. Or he can earn more money than he ever dreamed possible. The price: the next three years of his life, three years during which he will belong, body and soul, to the highest bidder. Never looking back, Timothy plunges into a bizarre, seductive world where his master's wish is his command - and where the ties that bind might just lead to true emancipation.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As a psychological study of what drives people to give themselves to another, this book falls flat. There is too much sex - and yet not enough interaction to convince us that this is something people would give their lives for. What there is demonstrates nothing, is placed seemingly at random, and is bland enough that the whole elaborate circumstance of submission that has been so verbosely dissected by the characters seems meaningless.
All the characters present emotional and philosophical arguments for just why they have become slaves. But they haven't really become slaves, have they? They fail to feel anything one way or the other, and fail to truly interact with their masters or explore their new situation. There is very little action taken, very little of the characters except a kind of wistful drifting from one situation to another. There is little or no character development beyond their own tedious explanation of their circumstances, and what there is fails to engage the reader.
Taken as an erotic novel (the only possibility left, since the discussion fails so utterly to convince) it doesn't work either. If this was meant to be erotic, I think it says enough that I've managed to mistake it for a psychological essay. There is no emotion in a novel that deals with such an emotionally charged subject. Textbooks have more life in them, and more truth.
Bland, not at all insightful, not at all erotic, and ultimately boring.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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IMO this isn't as bad as other reviewers have said. It won't change your life, but it's a decent erotic read if the basic idea gets you going.
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11 of 14 people found the following review helpful
A Bizarre, Seductive World
15 Jan 2006
Format:Paperback
"Young, virile, and hungering for something more than a stagnant New England mill town has to offer, Timothy is at a crossroads. He can work in the local lumberyard, his nightlife limited to fleeting, clandestine encounters with strangers. Or he can earn more money than he ever dreamed possible. The price: the next three years of his life. ¶ Now, willingly enslaved by the enigmatic man known only as Montclair, Timothy is imprisoned on a lavish estate. Here, his harshest nightmares--and most erotic dreams--are about to become reality. Never looking back, Timothy plunges into a bizarre, seductive world where his master's wish is his command--and where the ties that bind might just lead to true emancipation..."--© zebraz
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
still a classic
24 Jun 2004
Format:Paperback
There's nothing new in this edition so if you have one of the earlier printings, that will do. However, if you don't and you consider yourself a fan of gay SM fiction, you must at least borrow a copy to read. Though we don't learn much about The Network that sells human beings into what is initially consensual slavery, we see the beginning of one young man's journey into that world. Along the way Preston explores the biases that switches once faced (they might still in some places) and the interworkings of a few men's minds and groins. Well done.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
BDSM history...
11 Sep 2009
Format:Paperback
Well, hydraulically speaking it gets the job DONE wink wink , and it's a BDSM classic . So we can , really , overlook the silly bits , can't we ?
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