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'Undeniably erotic...the best book on sex since John Updike's
Couples'
Couples'
Scotland on Sunday
"very impressive first novel from a writer who will eventually go
on to bigger and better things"
on to bigger and better things"
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10 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As another reviewer mentioned, this isn't really a book about swinging, and it is really more just a book about two people who don't know where their lives are headed, and who are not really all that sure if they're going about fixing them in the right way.
That said, it does still feature a fair amount of sex and swinging, and it does get quite graphic in places (I almost felt it was a little too graphic at times); however, it is graphic in quite a casual, offhand, manner which manages to keep the book at a more serious level, and it seems the sex scenes are not really written with the intention of arousing the reader (although, that's not to say they are bland or boring).
I do think some people might find it a bit much, and for that reason it's not a book I'd recommend to everyone. I found it a really great and gripping read though, which stays fast paced and punchy throughout; it was one of those books that I found very hard to put down, with a great writing style, and well developed characters.
That said, it does still feature a fair amount of sex and swinging, and it does get quite graphic in places (I almost felt it was a little too graphic at times); however, it is graphic in quite a casual, offhand, manner which manages to keep the book at a more serious level, and it seems the sex scenes are not really written with the intention of arousing the reader (although, that's not to say they are bland or boring).
I do think some people might find it a bit much, and for that reason it's not a book I'd recommend to everyone. I found it a really great and gripping read though, which stays fast paced and punchy throughout; it was one of those books that I found very hard to put down, with a great writing style, and well developed characters.
9 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
After writing a bad review of Ewan Morrison's Distance, I felt I ought to check his other novels to see whether they were any better. Unfortunately they're not.
Swung reads like a first novel (alas, so do Distance and Menage). The characters are cliches; they have no depth and nothing to make you believe in them as people; believe in their thoughts; or believe in their actions. Instead, we just have implausible and wooden scenes that seem to serve little purpose other than to join together various explicit scenes. And the explicit scenes are written with all the glee and finesse one might expect of a 14 year old. It tries to shock, but results in schlock.
Seriously, if you are considering buying this, don't. Spend your money on something a little bit more grown up.
Swung reads like a first novel (alas, so do Distance and Menage). The characters are cliches; they have no depth and nothing to make you believe in them as people; believe in their thoughts; or believe in their actions. Instead, we just have implausible and wooden scenes that seem to serve little purpose other than to join together various explicit scenes. And the explicit scenes are written with all the glee and finesse one might expect of a 14 year old. It tries to shock, but results in schlock.
Seriously, if you are considering buying this, don't. Spend your money on something a little bit more grown up.
3 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've heard some people describe this book as some kind of serious critique of generation X and modern culture etc. I've no idea if thats the case but I have to say it had me in stitches. Not funny ha ha but funny like Vonnegut - Like seriously intelligently funny, excrutiatingly so. That's only because theres a lot of heart in this book too, and pain.
A really human book, that had me both weeping and weeping with laughter.
A really human book, that had me both weeping and weeping with laughter.
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Diatribe about male impotence
I thought this would be an erotic novel - and yes it does have its moments. But mainly its about our hero's impotence as he wanders round metaphorically beating his head against... Read more
Published on 25 April 2008 by Duncan Howorth
a welcome voice
Something is going on north of the border literature wise. This author's voice reminded me very much of A. Read more
Published on 29 Jan 2008 by Tito K
Sexy but serious
On the surface, this is a complex tale of two complex people, Alice and David, who, fuelled by boredom, cockiness and sexual dysfunction become part of Glasgow's swinging... Read more
Published on 14 Aug 2007 by NB
An impressive book
Swung is a fantastic book. I must admit my heart sank when I discovered it was about swinging and pleasantly surprised when I started reading a marvellous book. Read more
Published on 21 Jun 2007 by S. J. Colquitt
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Swung
Lots of sexual activity described in this excellent book without it being in any way pornographic. Read more
Lots of sexual activity described in this excellent book without it being in any way pornographic. Read more
Published on 2 Jun 2007 by Mr. Donald D. Jack
The illegitimate son of Michel Houllebeqc and Douglas Coupland.
OK, this is not a book about swinging. Well, yes, there is swinging in it and the couple (Alice and David) get obsessed with and deeply involved with the swinging scene. Read more
Published on 25 May 2007 by Chaz Bo
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