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| Original Title: | Voluntary Madness (A Five Star Title) |
| ISBN: | 1852427515 (ISBN13: 9781852427511) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Vicki Hendricks
Paperback | Pages: 224 pages Rating: 3.19 | 662 Users | 14 Reviews
Details Epithetical Books Voluntary Madness
| Title | : | Voluntary Madness |
| Author | : | Vicki Hendricks |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 224 pages |
| Published | : | June 20th 2002 by Serpent's Tail (first published May 1st 2000) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Mystery. Crime |
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Punch is a beautiful man in his forties, slowly dying from alcohol abuse and diabetes. Juliette is his young, naive and adoring girlfriend, willing to do absolutely anything for him. Together they have made a twisted pact: to live a wild life in Key West, collecting material for the book Punch wants to write before they end it all a year later. Punch and Juliette?s craziness quickly accelerates. She flashes at strangers; he pretends to be blind in public; they break into Hemingway?s house to have sex. But the games quickly turn dangerous when a guard at the house interrupts them and dies in the assault. With money running out, Punch and Juliette get a gun and stage a series of restaurant heists in elaborate disguises. They?re known and loved by the restaurants, whose customers thrill to the safe danger of the notorious duo?s antics. But finally the danger escalates, and Juliette has to decide whether she?ll keep her part of the pact.Rating Epithetical Books Voluntary Madness
Ratings: 3.19 From 662 Users | 14 ReviewsNotice Epithetical Books Voluntary Madness
I've read this book twice already, and there will be more. What an amazing story! It's funny, dark, sad, disrespectful and loving. Punch is such a bastard, a selfish crazy man that drags Juliette into his sad life. A woman as crazy as him, stupidly in love and a nihilist too. It's the depction of a perfectly toxic relationship full of erotism and fun.
I'm really having trouble sticking with this. Nothing has me interested in the story or the characters. If they're going to kill themselves, I wish they would do it in the next five pages.Finished: I hate when authors use typical, cliched settings to give a story atmosphere. One of the most common settings, to give a quirky, carefree atmoshpere is Key West. This could be set anywhere and it would be no better(or worse).The main character reminds me of the stupid, white-trash slut the Julliette
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It's a thrilling ride of two people in love and doing whatever they want to do before their final days. They have a plan and they are writing a book about their experiments and crazy, bizarre doings. It's a page turner. You want to find out what is going to happen next. The characters are fun loving and for me, somewhat relatable.It's raw and real. The ending will leave you saying "whoa!"
Having enjoyed Iguana Love, I still rather surprised myself by immediately picking out another offering by the same author. There was something about my introduction to this writers world of sun, sea and (yes) quite a lot of sex that drew me back rather more quickly than Id planned.Juliette and her boyfriend Punch are planning on living wild on Key West, funded by an inheritance from her late father. Punch is writing a book and while he finishes it they're looking to see out twelve months - and
What can I say? I'm a fan of most of Hendricks' stuff and this is another one I like. Her stories take me right down the rabbit hole into whatever world she creates. This wouldn't be the one I would recommend to first-time Hendricks' readers. While I think it is a great book, I think Iguana Love is the best intro to her style.
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