A thought or two.

[hellozombies.livejournal.com]

While discussing the idea of sex in novels with a friend of mine, I (of course) brought up LKH and her...um...lack of skills in that particular area. My friend said that it's extremely difficult to write sex--descriptive or not--and that she feels "awkward" while reading sex scenes. I (again) chimed in about Anita Blake--about how not only did I feel awkward, I also felt pretty damn squicked out.

We've all lamented over the boring, repetitive, gross sex. My question is, have you ever--in any novel that's ever been written--seen a decent, titillating, enthralling sex scene?

The more and more I think about it, the more I realize that I haven't seen one that's left me breathless and panting. I know that I'm much more of a slash girl than anything, but isn't that what they're supposed to do?

(It's much more fun laughing about bad sex scenes than it is hunting for good ones, I'll tell you that.)

Thoughts, dear lashers?

Comments

[maladaptive.livejournal.com]

Nope. But then, I don't really like reading about sex unless there's something interesting going on (banter, for example). I just find reading about sex really boring, and even the well-written stuff doesn't intrigue me. It's like the author expects me to care about the touch here, the touch there, the moaning and the sensations but I don't. Then again, I tend to read books for characterization and witty narration, so unless the sex scene is cute and/or quirky, I'll just skim it. But that's not enthralling or titillating.

As another commenter said, there's something about the terminology, too. I tend to get caught up on the words authors use, and that usually has me cringing.

[jerel.livejournal.com]

I just want to say I love your icon. :)

[maladaptive.livejournal.com]

Thanks!