Ummm...WHAT THE EFFING EFF??? Here was the main point of the book (as well as the book within this book) summarized in a few lines spoken by the protagonist:"How to Trap a Tycoon is a book that tells women how to go about getting ... nice things, things that they don't already have because they've been denied them by men."How has this book not ended up on the banned list for this nonsensical premise!!?? Surely this is a more dangerous book than Lolita ever was? It's basically saying that because traditionally women have tended to be at an economic disadvantage, the way to even out that difference is to WHORE THEMSELVES TO A MAN WITH MONEY?? How does that not just EXACERBATE the bloody problem? Oh, so you don't have economic power so why don't you just make yourself so desirable a nice rich man will fall for you and then you can have everything you want, baby! Are you kidding me? Nothing about educating yourself so YOU can claim economic advantages for YOURSELF? How about arming yourself with the tools to acquire economic power (a fulfilling job, the capacity to provide for yourself, retaining control of your body etc)? You really think trapping a man is going to solve the whole gender power distribution thing?Yes. I know this is "just fiction", just some lighthearted fun and games. But I just can't let this type of silliness go. It hurts my brain.I managed a more detailed rant here but right now, I just CAN'T go on... http://theromanticalskeptic.blogspot....
I only gave this book 2 stars because it had potential, but could have been better. First off, the over abundance of qualifiers, character asides and run on sentences was annoying. I can see how the author was using this as her style, but it was the equivalent of beating me over the head w/said style. Second, there are really two stories going on in this book, the one about Dorsey (the main character) and half way through she gets into Edie's story, which, in my opinion, was far more interesting than Dorsey, who repeatedly said things like "goodness!" and "heavens!" as exclamations. The only women I know who say such things are well into their 80s. It just didn't seem appropriate for Dorsey's age. The Edie story was far more interesting! I found myself skipping ahead to read about her and once her story ended, I went back and trudged through Dorsey's.
