What did you think of Jennifer’s relationship with Marty?
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What did you think of Jennifer’s relationship with Marty?
I was happy for Jennifer when she started falling in love with Marty because she had suffered the death of her former partner in her time. I liked that she fell in love with him in great part because of his intelligence. I think the author was a little slow developing this relationship in the first part of the book. Once they got serious, their relationship turned super steamy, which I understand because it is an erotic book after all. However, I think the author went over the top with how many of their friends they slept with. I did not quiet understand the need for them to sleep with many of their close friends.
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I agree. I feel like it didn't have a natural flow.radioactivelyradiant wrote:I enjoyed the including of the romance, especially Jennifer's reasoning for falling for Marty. However, the transition from tame to erotic seemed a bit out of place for me.
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I think the author wanted to portray that even though their relationship was not typical, they had a typical family life.
-- 05 Nov 2017, 11:58 --
Yes! I think the book could have been erotic without going out of place like that. And even if the author’s intention was to portray a what a polyamory relationship is about, I think is was too much.radioactivelyradiant wrote:I enjoyed the including of the romance, especially Jennifer's reasoning for falling for Marty. However, the transition from tame to erotic seemed a bit out of place for me.
-- 05 Nov 2017, 12:01 --
CatInTheHat wrote:I enjoyed watching them fall for each other. I found the number of people that they had liaisons with rather bizarre.
It was bizarre for me too. I did not understand the author’s need to write them sleeping with most of their close friends. It seemed like all their good friendships turned sexual, which was not necessary. It felt gratuitous.
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Bizarre is a good word for it!CatInTheHat wrote:I enjoyed watching them fall for each other. I found the number of people that they had liaisons with rather bizarre.
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Rightly said.. the second half was different..radioactivelyradiant wrote:I enjoyed the including of the romance, especially Jennifer's reasoning for falling for Marty. However, the transition from tame to erotic seemed a bit out of place for me.
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I quite agree with you. I also found it strange the way Jennifer was able to leave to rescue her team, without a convincing explanation to her new husband.CatInTheHat wrote:I enjoyed watching them fall for each other. I found the number of people that they had liaisons with rather bizarre.
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This is a very good point that didn't occur to me earlierCotwani wrote:I quite agree with you. I also found it strange the way Jennifer was able to leave to rescue her team, without a convincing explanation to her new husband.CatInTheHat wrote:I enjoyed watching them fall for each other. I found the number of people that they had liaisons with rather bizarre.
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Jennifer was portrayed as a "perfect" person - beauty, brains and character, she had them all! She got along with everybody: old people (Jules, for instance), exes (Marty's ex-wife, for one), children (Marty's and the other kids), and animals (dolphins, especially). She was totally flawless, save for her one fault of abandoning her team (which was glossed over in the end) and that revealing scar on her thigh (which was completely forgotten). Will our descendants all be flawless 900 years from now?
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Also, I really didn't like the fact that she was comfortable using another persons money, name etc. isn't that illegal as well as completely unethical ?
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Most of us did not like the second half..radioactivelyradiant wrote:I enjoyed the including of the romance, especially Jennifer's reasoning for falling for Marty. However, the transition from tame to erotic seemed a bit out of place for me.
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