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Book Review By Bobby Blades
Envy by Kathryn Harrison

Will Moreland is a psychoanalyst in New York City. He has a lot of problems: a philandering father, a distant wife who refuses to have sex with him in any position where she has to make eye contanct, guilt over the loss of his son, estranged from his Olympic swimming star brother, and he is a sex addict. The opening chapter has Will going to his 25th college reunion where he meets up with an old girlfriend. They start to talk and Will finds out she might have given birth to a daughter that might be his. Will begins to argue with her about getting a DNA sample but it's all for naught as she thinks its pointless. Will leaves the reunion a day early and goes to home to his wife and they have sex. But Will is not allowed to give her an orgasm. The next chapter has Will seeing a new patient, Jennifer. She is a young college student who is addicted to having sex with older men. The rest of the book becomes a struggle of will for Will. He is tempted by Jennifer and is ultimately seduced by her.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - depressed
Time/era of story - 2000+ (Present Day)
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Kind of romance:
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Taboo sex story? Yes
Lover is
Married, fooling around? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 40's-50's
Ethnicity/Nationality

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status:
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb: Yes
Eccentric:
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 3 ()
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
City? Yes
City: - New York

Writing Style
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - licking - actual description of hetero sex
Lot of foul language? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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