Rogue Review No. 492 - January 30, 2000

NOTICE: If you are easily offended, not of the 
required legal age, or material of an erotic nature 
is illegal where you are, then do not read what 
follows.

TITLE: Confessions of a Poodle Shaver
AUTHOR: artie
LENGTH: 8,400 words
MAIN CHARACTER: Male
COMBINATION(S): Twosome (Female, Male)
ORIENTATION(S): Heterosexual (Female, Male)
RELATIONSHIP(S): Unmarried Couple
KINK(S): --
SETTING(S): Hotel
GENRE(S): --
CAUTION(S): --

SUMMARY: Roger grooms dogs for competition.  Melissa is in 
need of some grooming.  Melissa isn't a canine.  

COMMENTARY: There some things that I like about this story.  
The sexual situations that Melissa and Roger get themselves 
into are hot.  There is much more to the story than just 
sex.  The author does a very nice job setting the scene.

The are some things that bothered me about this story.  
Generally speaking, I prefer dialogue to narration.  It 
seems to me that this story had an abundance of narration, 
but fell short in the dialogue department.  Specifically, 
there is much more narration by Roger than there are 
conversations he has with Melissa.  I was also disappointed 
by the fact that Melissa does not seem to be an independent 
character.  Most of what the author tells us about her is 
told through Roger, and he seems to be in control.  Maybe I 
am trying to say that the story was a bit too predictable, 
which it wasn't, but I am not sure.  What I do know is that 
it would have been nice if Melissa had gotten more air time.

All in all this is a well written story.  I think that the 
flaws I see are primarily creations of my own imagination.  
There are 'things' that I like to see in a story and 
'things' that I don't.  These 'things' color my views and 
reviews.  In other words, some of you may enjoy this story 
more than I did; but don't get the wrong idea, I did enjoy 
it.

OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: 7.5 (out of 10)

        - Arousal: 3/5
        - Editing: 5/5
        - Plot and Characters: 4/5

SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: Very Good

LINK(S): Confessions of a Poodle Shaver

         - http://assm.asstr.org/Year1999/22056

         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=566779303&fmt=raw

         artie's stories

         - http://www.asstr.org/~artie/