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Patricia Sanjurjo patriciasanjurjo — Good until the end. A very sloppy and quick ending doesn't really make that much sence anyway!

Julia Aspelin juliaaspelin — I had to read this twice before I really appreciated it. It was really hard to get through the first time around.

Meriem Djellaoui djellaouimd457 — It's very generous of Eden to include four novellas in her book Fall Into Winter. Many writers would have published it as four books and charged you the full price for each. Then they would have brought out two double novellas before finally publishing the quadruple novella anthology. This is what modern book marketing experts recommend. But Eden is very generous in lots of ways. She gives us four novellas at once and she gives a lot of herself in these four novellas. It's this generosity that makes them special. In The Asian and the Austrian there's a character called Elena. When Elena tells the handsome Austrian that she has given up her job in banking to write erotica, he asks “These are stories about sex?” “Not exactly,” Elena replies. “They're not about sex, but they include it.” Lots of novels and stories include sex. But in Elena's stories the sex is very explicit and detailed. At least, it must be if her stories are anything like Eden's. Part of the thrill of reading Fall Into Winter is knowing, or imagining, that all of the female protagonists are really Eden. Eden in various thin disguises. In the Austrian and the Asian the disguise is hardly there at all. Elena is Eden at her most naked, her most vulnerable, her most honest. Because of this, it is a very touching story. Since I am also an Asian who has been to Austria, it is a story that I can very much relate to. The things Elena notices in Austrian culture are the things I noticed too. The sense of place is so strong that at times it is just like being there. And when you are reading erotica this good, that's exactly the right place to be. Elena's observations about being an Asian woman in Thailand are also very accurate. You are not Thai but people treat you as if you are and expect you to behave in the same way. Both Elena and Eden are very good at fleshing out these background details that help develop the characters. So I enjoyed these stories as stories and I enjoyed them as erotica. If Eden hasn't already, I urge her to go and conspire intimately with one or two close-bosom friends so she has enough material for her next quadruple anthology. I understand the bees are already buzzing about the blossoms but I can hardly wait for the whistling of the redbreast so I can pluck more fruits from Eden's bountiful garden.

Ketchup Design slpknt63145f — I had a difficult time finishing this, only because its last chapter is so moving and well-written. I've invested a good deal of time into these five biographies. It was painful to witness the death of such a warmly portrayed character. The whole series is amazing, but this is the finest of JF's work. His analysis and approach brings to light Dostoevsky's reasoning and belief on irreproachable levels. With the help of the Writer's Diary and Dostoevsky's new-found fame, this volume reaches new heights that help us all to understand the great writer. Next I'm beginning a nerdy chronological read/reread of everything Dostoevsky published. Thanks to Joseph Frank, I feel more capable of grasping and applying Dostoevsky's work....