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Laddar... Black Silk (1991)av Judith Ivory
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. Muy acorde con su nombre, Solícita Channing-Downes es una viuda de pies a cabeza. Siempre viste de riguroso negro y no tiene intenciones de apartar el duelo de su vida. Era la mujer obediente y correcta de un marqués ya muy entrado en edad… hasta que la muerte de su marido la dejó sin un céntimo, muy sola y con una última obligación que cumplir. Debe entregar una pequeña y misteriosa caja negra a su verdadero dueño y para conseguirlo deberá contactar con Graham Wessit, el notable y destacado Earl of Netham. Indolente, excitante y con espíritu de niño, Graham tiene una vida salpicada de rumores y escándalos, todo lo contrario a la vida que ha llevado siempre Solícita, y no está nada interesado en lo que la viuda le pueda ofrecer. Pero a Solícita el último encargo de su marido le pesa como una losa, y aunque relacionarse Graham no le resulta nada fácil, no parará hasta verlo realizado. A pesar de que él no quiere saber nada de la eterna viuda, el destino unirá sus vidas de manera sorprendente e inesperada The hero: an earl with a reputation so terrible that it obscures the real man and builds on itself independently of his actions. The heroine: the widow of the hero's ex-guardian, a man 43 years older than herself. The dead ex-guardian has disinherited his illegitimate son in favour of his young wife. The illegitimate son sues to overturn the will. The hero is madly attracted to the heroine, who resists. Will they end up together? Everyone is a mixture of good and bad. Motives are mixed, murky, and sometimes invisible to the characters. As the story proceeds the earl starts to distance himself from his reputation, while the widow begins to question the values of her dead husband. I quite liked this once I accepted the fogginess of it all. The hero behaves badly, so does the heroine and as for the guardian/dead husband! There were a lot of interesting aspects to this book, especially the (attempted) rich characterizations of the main characters, but somehow they never really cohered for me, and the story as a whole seemed unnecessarily protracted. Also, of many not-quite-making-it phrases in a generally literate book, "firm, green coitus" seemed particularly unfortunate to me.
Black Silk is an amazingly beautiful, original novel that remains unabashedly romantic despite being downright merciless towards tired romantic tropes. A+
As befitting her name, lovely Submit Channing-Downes was the proper, obedient wife of an aging Marquess--until her husband′s death left her penniless and alone...with one final obligation to fulfill. Entrusted with delivering a small black box to its rightful owner, she calls upon Graham Wessit, the notorious Earl of Netham, whose life has been marred by rumor and scandal. But Graham wants nothing to do w/ her gift. Fate however, has entwined these two lives in astonishing ways neither Submit nor Graham could ever imagine. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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Google Books — Laddar... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Klassifikation enligt LCBetygMedelbetyg:
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July 2023 read: "Just two messy, stupid human beings."
April 2023, second read: fuck this book is amazing. I was more tuned into Submit during this read. I loved her immediately when I first read Black Silk, but this time I felt like I saw her from the POV of other characters who also love her. People kind of just fall under her thrall and I GET IT. Also, Graham Wessit, in frustration, telling Submit she fucks people with her mind is the hottest (possibly unintended) compliment I have ever read in my life.
March 2023 read:
Do I have thoughts that are clearer now that the book has been within me for a short while? No. I do not. I am in a haze; uncoordinated. I made over 200 highlights and countless notes and my heart expands with the fullness of this book. I cannot stop thinking about this passage late in the book - about a woman Graham once knew - and it feels apt to share and revisit:
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for me and my life, Black Silk has become a demarcation and I am living in the after of this book.
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Initial response: I have been flattened, bowed by the excellence of this book. It was a surrender I did not anticipate enjoying so thoroughly. I may have more thoughts later although what even are thoughts at this point? I experienced.
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Many CWs, please take care before reading: death by suicide (MMC's father dies by suicide after killing the MMC's mother - this happens off page but is referred to a few times and another character dies by suicide), infant death, young child death, miscarriage, death during pregnancy, infant illness, frequent alcohol consumption, on-page sex, arranged marriage between 16 year old and 59 year old, revenge porn, infidelity, absentee father ( )