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

[mariakatarina.livejournal.com]

Well, as a romance novel reader, I tend to not really care about the sex scenes.. or at least don't mind them. (though the use of anachronistic terms and flowery purple prose in place of basic genitalia terms is at times jarring and hilarious in historical romance novels)

As for anything good specifically.. um.. Marsha Canham's pretty good. I remember in her Across the Moonlit Sea the main characters were arguing -while- having sex.

Sex is dull and mechanical(or laugh-out-loud ridiculous) without context. LKH has ditched the context. If there's no plot and no point to the sex, it's just not interesting. She's forgotten how to persuade people to CARE about the characters.