Forbidden
Fantasies: Lulu is a book about exactly what the title suggests. The main
character is Oscar, a middle-aged father in a boring marriage who plays at
being a photographer while his wife brings home the actual money. He meets his
new next door neighbor from Britain and begins to fantasize about her. The
problem is that she is only fifteen. She also starts a relationship with his
daughter. It’s a very convoluted situation. I believe it’s supposed to be a bit
reminiscent of the classic erotic novel Lolita but other than being about a
middle aged man with pedophile tendencies, there are few similarities. The
erotic parts often seem to be written by a teenage boy in the throes of
puberty. The dialogue is not at all
believable. Any British people I know really don’t use the stereotypical words
and phrases that Lulu and her family use and it tends to take away from the
story. Oscar, the father, is so unlikeable that when, at one point, he has a
life threatening situation I was hoping he would not make it and just die. I
guess I expected something different and instead just found it to be a book
about a dirty old man with fantasies that I don’t think normal fathers would
have about their daughter’s girlfriend. At one point he watched them together
sexually and it was truly disgusting. It was definitely not what I expected. The cover fit the theme of the book and the
digital format worked well on my ereader.
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