"Special Forces" isn't BDSM. Sorry! I should have mentioned it in my earlier post.
The SF first chapter (and rape scene) actually made me decide to give the story a miss, at first. I really didn't see how you could enjoy a story that starts like THAT. But something about the characters stayed with me, so a week later I came back and read the second chapter, and was hooked.
As to grammatical error – English is my second language, so there's every possibility I don’t notice things you native speakers notice, or that they don't grate on me that much.
Actually, I think SF is really, really well written (but, of course, to each his own, and that's just my VERY humble opinion). What stands out, for me, in SF, is that , several chapters along, you (well, some readers..) get emotionally invested in the story. After a while you forget these are fictional characters, and begin to feel for them or about them. That, for me, is good writing.. again- just my two cents worth!! I found the character development very convincing (not that easy when one of the protagonists commits a horrible act of rape in the first chapter… ) , and the plot very well thought out & very well researched. I actually got to talk to a Rusian guy who served in Afghanistan, and was amazed as to how many details, as depicted in SF, were spot-on (didn't ask him about the barracks male – relationships, though… )
There's also an internet community devoted to SF, and from the responses there I guess I'm not the only one who feels that way, but again- tastes and opinion vary, and that's really OK!.
As to TAS - I'm a fan too, and love its' dark, futuristic feal, but I can't say I found it better than SF, or flawless.
Again – sorry for not including the proper warning about the SF rec, and am off to edit and rectify that, if the internet will let me !!
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Re: special forces
Date: 2009-04-21 07:03 am (UTC)The SF first chapter (and rape scene) actually made me decide to give the story a miss, at first. I really didn't see how you could enjoy a story that starts like THAT.
But something about the characters stayed with me, so a week later I came back and read the second chapter, and was hooked.
As to grammatical error – English is my second language, so there's every possibility I don’t notice things you native speakers notice, or that they don't grate on me that much.
Actually, I think SF is really, really well written (but, of course, to each his own, and that's just my VERY humble opinion). What stands out, for me, in SF, is that , several chapters along, you (well, some readers..) get emotionally invested in the story. After a while you forget these are fictional characters, and begin to feel for them or about them. That, for me, is good writing.. again- just my two cents worth!!
I found the character development very convincing (not that easy when one of the protagonists commits a horrible act of rape in the first chapter… ) , and the plot very well thought out & very well researched. I actually got to talk to a Rusian guy who served in Afghanistan, and was amazed as to how many details, as depicted in SF, were spot-on (didn't ask him about the barracks male – relationships, though… )
There's also an internet community devoted to SF, and from the responses there I guess I'm not the only one who feels that way, but again- tastes and opinion vary, and that's really OK!.
As to TAS - I'm a fan too, and love its' dark, futuristic feal, but I can't say I found it better than SF, or flawless.
Again – sorry for not including the proper warning about the SF rec, and am off to edit and rectify that, if the internet will let me !!