My review guidelines can be found HERE.Mr. Benson
by John Preston
The classic S/M novel from the Master of Gay Porn.
Jamie wears his tightest jeans to the leather bar and makes sure the handsome, unsmiling top across the room gets a good view of his assets. But this is no ordinary leatherman, no weekend daddy: this is Mr. Aristotle Benson. Lucky Jamie is about to get an education and to begin his journey from a cute but forgettable clone to a compliant, hard-bodied slave, sensitive to his Master’s every glance and gesture.
John Preston’s classic S/M story was first published in the heady, post-Stonewall sex boom of the late 1970s and quickly became an underground favorite, inspiring T-shirts that declared: "Looking for Mr. Benson."
Read the book that launched the gay erotica genre and epitomized an era of sexual freedom and thrilling, limit-pushing exploration.
COVER ART
• Awesome, and "Yes" nipples are very important.
Era
• 1970s NYC
SEXUALITY
• M/M
• Master/slave
• Fisting
• Piss drinking & golden showers
• Belting
• Branding
• Piercing
• Anal
• Boot licking
REVIEW
• Told as a story, a memory from Jamie's point of view. The narration is nice as you get bits of "hindsight is 20/20" commentary every once in a while. Due to the intensity of this story, this style added a string of hope to the darker parts.
• Intense! Not my personal cup-of-tea for sexual playtime but very eye opening (once I stopped cringing).
• I drew a blank on some words. After a quick search, I think, "Amyl" and "popper" refer to a drug used to relax muscles during sex. (Yes, I know. I'm showing my age.)
• Piss play is extremely prominent. He loves to drink "manwater" and is not very concerned about hygiene.
• The branding threw me back to Story of O, but I think that is just because it is the only other story I have read about it in. Right? Humm...
• In the inital encounter, the kiss made it all better, so sweet and special. It made me forgive the whole night.
• Jamie gives us a clear look into the psyche of a true slave,
"stripped of my ability to care for myself in the world ... taught not to make decisions ... needing his master's cock." pg 145-146
• Once over the hurtle of the SM gays scene exposed in all its extremes, an engaging plot line ensues.
• Jamie has some very dramatic ups and downs as he is sculpted to Mr. Benson's preferences but makes friends along the way and even gets involved in some intense drama!
• A side character that I really enjoyed was the mafia boss daddy. When that oddly comforting scene started I thought for sure I would be appalled but I would easily deem it the mellowest of the scenes in the book and perfectly positioned in the time line to balance out the anonymous leather knight that put Jamie in a hood.
• Most of the narration is from Jamie's perspective, a clone bottom that learn he was only role playing before and his true purpose lies with Mr. Benson.
• The epilogue balances the extreme emotions out with an overview in Mr. Benson's voice. Correcting some of Jamie's misconceptions and adding important missing pieces.
• As I read the final page I realize the ride was not as horrific as I initially thought. A love story resides within this SM tale. I am not scarred from this adventure and will most likely enjoy thinking about the story and the characters in the future. Not a light read, but certainly one that ends on a positive note.
This book was spotlighted on my Tuesday Teaser HERE.
I received this book through the Great Yaoi Swap, and have since sent it on to the next lucky reader.
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6 comments:
I'm passing on this one. Golden showers? NOT my thing. I don't like hardcore BDSM and I know where my limits reside.
I have this, but I'm kind of afraid of reading it. I know Jenre just finished reading it.
god, I loved this one!! http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/98325578
"As I read the final page I realize the ride was not as horrific as I initially thought. A love story resides within this SM tale. I am not scarred from this adventure and will most likely enjoy thinking about the story and the characters in the future. Not a light read, but certainly one that ends on a positive note."
That is a perfect was to describe how you feel when you close the book at the end. Great review, Miranda. :)
Great review, Miranda. This sounds intense but very interesting.
I passed on the Great Yaoi Swap after reading a couple of books which didn't really work for me. This however doesn't sound Yaoi at all.
Kris, Tam, how can I get on the list for it? :)
Lily: Maybe... :P
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