The Bad Reviews
I thought I’d take some time to address the bad review my book has received. These are, by far, the minority (especially when you factor in GoodReads and Kobo) but considering I have fewer than 10 over various sites they have an inordinate effect. As such it seems prudent to take a look at what they had to say (what LITTLE they had to say).
As I write BDSM erotica and my published work involves age-play, dubious consent (that is addressed in the story), pony play, anal sex, predicament bondage, M/F, M/F/F and F/F sex as well as a touch of behavior modification I fully accept that not everyone is going to like it.
BDSM in general and maledom in particular tends to draw the ire of certain readers but looking at my 1 and 2 star reviews I notice a few common themes.
From Barnes and Noble:
“Rude and Crude: no thanks”
From Amazon:
2 stars: “The book had 4261 locations on my kindle. The book was about a girl, named Elizabeth, aka Lizzy, a man, named Marcus and a woman, named Jessica. Lizzy was a 6 foot, 185 pound, toned and tanned, wild woman. She grew up, alone in a jungle, after her plane crashed. Marcus worked for a university. He found Lizzy and took her home. Jessica also worked at the university, and was Marcus’s on again, off again friends with benefits. The book contained a few spankings, lots of detailed, descriptive, sex, oral sex, anal sex, M/F, F/M/F, F/F sexual interactions. I did not like any of the characters. Marcus and Jessica were both selfish people. They both used Lizzy as their own personal sex toy and puppet. Lizzy was like an insatiable lap dog, falling at Marcus and Jessica’s feet, from the word go. I would have to say, when Marcus made Lizzy, perform oral sex and have sex with him on the first few pages, I was done.”
1 star: “Sry was totally bad, Gram always said if you can’t say anything nice keep your mouth shut”
The 2 star reviewer clearly missed the subtle manipulations of Lizzy’s character and the love Marcus and Jessica had for her (sighted in an unquoted 5 star review) but to each their own. With that (the only substantive criticism) out of the way, however, what is left? Rude? Too much sex? Mentioning your grandmother? I get an overall sense of sex negativity from these reviews. That’s really curious to me. The book is very clearly labeled as BDSM erotica so why are people who don’t want sex and power exchange buying it?
As I write BDSM erotica and my published work involves age-play, dubious consent (that is addressed in the story), pony play, anal sex, predicament bondage, M/F, M/F/F and F/F sex as well as a touch of behavior modification I fully accept that not everyone is going to like it.
BDSM in general and maledom in particular tends to draw the ire of certain readers but looking at my 1 and 2 star reviews I notice a few common themes.
From Barnes and Noble:
“Rude and Crude: no thanks”
From Amazon:
2 stars: “The book had 4261 locations on my kindle. The book was about a girl, named Elizabeth, aka Lizzy, a man, named Marcus and a woman, named Jessica. Lizzy was a 6 foot, 185 pound, toned and tanned, wild woman. She grew up, alone in a jungle, after her plane crashed. Marcus worked for a university. He found Lizzy and took her home. Jessica also worked at the university, and was Marcus’s on again, off again friends with benefits. The book contained a few spankings, lots of detailed, descriptive, sex, oral sex, anal sex, M/F, F/M/F, F/F sexual interactions. I did not like any of the characters. Marcus and Jessica were both selfish people. They both used Lizzy as their own personal sex toy and puppet. Lizzy was like an insatiable lap dog, falling at Marcus and Jessica’s feet, from the word go. I would have to say, when Marcus made Lizzy, perform oral sex and have sex with him on the first few pages, I was done.”
1 star: “Sry was totally bad, Gram always said if you can’t say anything nice keep your mouth shut”
The 2 star reviewer clearly missed the subtle manipulations of Lizzy’s character and the love Marcus and Jessica had for her (sighted in an unquoted 5 star review) but to each their own. With that (the only substantive criticism) out of the way, however, what is left? Rude? Too much sex? Mentioning your grandmother? I get an overall sense of sex negativity from these reviews. That’s really curious to me. The book is very clearly labeled as BDSM erotica so why are people who don’t want sex and power exchange buying it?
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