Across the Universe

DNF - PG 88

Why?

I admit, I have a very low tolerance for anything skeevy. Especially skeevy in the ‘he could be a sexual predator' kind of way - and at the very least, Elder is skeevy. Even if he hasn't hit sexual predator level yet, he's at least plain skeevy.

My eyes devour her body, then drift back to her breasts. The ice is a little foggy there, teasing me, but I can see enough to know they're lush, even if they're frozen, I imagine that if they were warmed up...

This about a frozen, unconscious girl that he'd never seen before. But I pressed on.

The girl's chest moves up and down, but that is the only sign of life she's willing to give. Funny how different her body looks outside the ice. She seems smaller, weaker, more vulnerable. The ice was her armor. I want to protect her now, cover her curves instead of run my fingers over them.

Do you also want to keep her in your basement? It's like he can't decide if he want's to be a rapist or a possessive jackass. (Here, Elder, take both!) But the plot is finally starting to move, so I pressed on - until two pages later.

“I want Daddy,” she whimpers, and even though I know that she's more woman than girl, she seems very much like a child now.

... I will wash and never be clean. Shudder

If these quotes don't bother you - or you can't figure out what I'm making such a fuss about - by all means, read the book. Now, I'm off to find something that's more feminist than this. ... And less skeevy.