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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Some great stories, some not so great., 28 Sep 2003
This review is from: Rough Stuff: Tales of Gay Men, Sex, and Power (Paperback)
As in any collection of stories by different writers, there were some I really enjoyed and some I didn't like so much. Overall, I was quite impressed with this collection of erotica.
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6 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Exciting and pleasurable, 5 Mar 2003
By A Customer
This review is from: Rough Stuff: Tales of Gay Men, Sex, and Power (Paperback)
This collection of stories is best read by those who prefer their sex to be dominated by another. It is not for the faint hearted. The writing is crisp, clear and at times very erotic. Perhaps useful as a way to spice up a flagging sex life or a means to discover other ways to achieve mutual pleasure with a lover or partner.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Hot, sometimes scary, 19 Jan 2001
By Tracy Rowan "dargelos" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Rough Stuff: Tales of Gay Men, Sex, and Power (Paperback)
Bluntly sexual, raunchy, heavy with BDSM, Rough Stuff takes the reader into some seriously non-vanilla realms. Some readers might find that it doesn't go far enough, but for a reasonably mainstream volume, I think it pushes the envelope just enough. If the sexuality of power and pain fascinates you, give this one a try.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Really great erotica, 13 July 2000
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Rough Stuff: Tales of Gay Men, Sex, and Power (Paperback)
Rough Stuff may not be "the best gay male erotic anthology ever," as one review claims, but it sure is the finest SM-oriented collection I've read in a long, long time. Emphasizing the varieties of power over mere brute force, the stories are all well-written and sexy, some of them oddly romantic, others about as nasty as you'd want to get. When it comes to on-the-edge erotica, this book is state of the art.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
hot stuff!, 20 May 2000
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Rough Stuff: Tales of Gay Men, Sex, and Power (Paperback)
Rough Stuff is a collection of top-drawer SM erotica, which isn't surprising considering some of the well-known writers involved. What did - pleasantly - surprise me was the range of the book, in terms of both style and substance. Unlike a lot of SM porn, most of the characters in Rough Stuff are more than just one-dimensional sex machines. Even hard-core stories like "A Beating" and "The Endurance Game" have real depth, while some of my favorite stories, like "Whose Little Boy Are You?" and "Immigrant," are poignant as well as sexually hot. As with any anthology, some stories hit me harder than others, and there were a few too many twist endings for my taste. Minor quibbles aside though, this is a great collection, suitable bedtime reading for both the curious and the hard-core player alike.
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