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Summary: Contrived, unappealing characters..Like bad fast food
Review: Although it got better as it went along... I was quite surprised. Be warned this is NOT for the young. I go through books like crazy and picked this up because I thought it was going to be a muder/mystery type. None of that happened until the last pages. Meet Jake. Jake makes all the ladies heads turn... and then some. At first you think he is a physco. His life revolves around sex. Enter Mimi. A classier type woman he is attracted to. Mimi is engaged to be married but her sex life is lacking. So Jake lets her watch how he suduces women. Mimi sits in closets spying while extremely aroused. This drags on and on, with drawn out chapters of how Jake suduces different women and Mimi hides and watches. How Jake nearly tortures women into pleasure. Makes you wonder if thats all the writer Frank Baldwin thinks about, there is over kill here. There are added, non essential chapters, bits and pieces of Jakes life, how he lost his parents, how he bartendered at too young an age for his WW II vet grandfather and war buddies of old, that you discover later have nothing at all to do with the story line. Just filler. Then finally you get to a semi interesting story, literally at the last pages. Women Jake has suduced turn up missing. When finally Mimi, who now wants a part of Jake herself and is ready to give into him, goes missing too. Without giving too much away, there is always a hero in the end.
There are much better reads out there, this was more of an erotic romance novel, that sappy stuff I hate. But this was grossly sexual, more than the classic "knight in shining armor" romance. It barly kicks into any gear until literally the last 2-3 short chapters and you can figure it all out for yourself. There are a very slight few creative twists, but it truly isnt worth weeding through for. I say skip it, or if you have nothing else to read and you can borrow it off of someone, give it a shot, but dont waste your money on it, thats for sure.
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Summary: Not what a expected at all..
Review: Although it got better as it went along... I was quite surprised. Be warned this is NOT for the young. I go through books like crazy and picked this up because I thought it was going to be a muder/mystery type. None of that happened until the last pages. Meet Jake. Jake makes all the ladies heads turn... and then some. At first you think he is a physco. His life revolves around sex. Enter Mimi. A classier type woman he is attracted to. Mimi is engaged to be married but her sex life is lacking. So Jake lets her watch how he suduces women. Mimi sits in closets spying while extremely aroused. This drags on and on, with drawn out chapters of how Jake suduces different women and Mimi hides and watches. How Jake nearly tortures women into pleasure. Makes you wonder if thats all the writer Frank Baldwin thinks about, there is over kill here. There are added, non essential chapters, bits and pieces of Jakes life, how he lost his parents, how he bartendered at too young an age for his WW II vet grandfather and war buddies of old, that you discover later have nothing at all to do with the story line. Just filler. Then finally you get to a semi interesting story, literally at the last pages. Women Jake has suduced turn up missing. When finally Mimi, who now wants a part of Jake herself and is ready to give into him, goes missing too. Without giving too much away, there is always a hero in the end.
There are much better reads out there, this was more of an erotic romance novel, that sappy stuff I hate. But this was grossly sexual, more than the classic "knight in shining armor" romance. It barly kicks into any gear until literally the last 2-3 short chapters and you can figure it all out for yourself. There are a very slight few creative twists, but it truly isnt worth weeding through for. I say skip it, or if you have nothing else to read and you can borrow it off of someone, give it a shot, but dont waste your money on it, thats for sure.
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Summary: Contrived, lackluster erotic thriller...
Review: Dark erotic thrillers are scarce these days, which is why I'd looked forward to reading Jake and Mimi. What a big disappointment! I couldn't agree more with the critic that said that this erotic thriller is neither erotic nor thrilling. Jake and Mimi is about a successful career woman (Mimi) who is considering having an affair with her co-worker (Jake). She is engaged to be married, but her relationship lacks a sense of danger and adventure. Jake promises rough, BDSM sex -- something that both scares and thrills Mimi. But little does she know that her life is at stake. Someone doesn't want her near Jake, and things take a spin toward bizarre...
I forced myself to finish this novel. I admit that I almost gave up on it. I couldn't get into it. The author goes around in circles too much. The sexual descriptions, especially the ones that illustrate Mimi's voyeuristic tendencies, are borderline ridiculous and the overall story is too contrived to be believable. I didn't care what happened to the protagonist by the time I reached the last few pages. As said earlier, this novel is neither erotic nor thrilling. Jake and Mimi is one of the most lackluster thrillers I've read. I suggest you skip this and read Topping from Below by Laura Reese or Three by Julie Hilden instead.
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Summary: hot and cold
Review: I guess you could call Jake & Mimi an erotic thriller. The book is certainly erotic-- the sex scenes go on for pages and pages. As for the thriller part, that is not so successful. It is like dressing up a hooker in a business suit. There is insufficient psychological depth to adequately explain the motivations of the characters, which is not helped by the fact that the identity of the villain comes out of left field. The use of multiple narrators is sometimes confusing, and the author would have us believe that Jake can instantly make any woman fall for him and submit to his kinky games. The villain is seemingly omniscient and is able to move about undetected like the invisible man, making him look like he stepped out of a 1930s pulp story. The author also gets sloppy at times, having us believe, for instance, that prominent women can disappear without the media (or anyone, for that matter) taking much notice. The rating is somewhat of a compromise, as I would give it 5 stars for eroticism and 1 star for its thriller elements. Had I not known the publisher beforehand, I would have guessed it was Masquerade or Blue Moon or one of the half-dozen others that publish quality erotica.
Rating:
Summary: hot and cold
Review: I guess you could call Jake & Mimi an erotic thriller. The book is certainly erotic-- the sex scenes go on for pages and pages. As for the thriller part, that is not so successful. It is like dressing up a hooker in a business suit. There is insufficient psychological depth to adequately explain the motivations of the characters, which is not helped by the fact that the identity of the villain comes out of left field. The use of multiple narrators is sometimes confusing, and the author would have us believe that Jake can instantly make any woman fall for him and submit to his kinky games. The villain is seemingly omniscient and is able to move about undetected like the invisible man, making him look like he stepped out of a 1930s pulp story. The author also gets sloppy at times, having us believe, for instance, that prominent women can disappear without the media (or anyone, for that matter) taking much notice. The rating is somewhat of a compromise, as I would give it 5 stars for eroticism and 1 star for its thriller elements. Had I not known the publisher beforehand, I would have guessed it was Masquerade or Blue Moon or one of the half-dozen others that publish quality erotica.
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Summary: MY OPINION OF JAKE AND MIMI
Review: I MUST SAY THAT I DID ENJOY READING "JAKE AND MIMI" BY FRANK BALDWIN, EVEN THOUGH THE THE MURDER/ MYSTERY PLOT WAS ON THE BACK-BURNER TO THE EROTICISM OF THE NOVEL. THE DESCRIPIONS OF
JAKE'S SEDUCTIONS ARE EXTREMLY PROVACTIVE AND MOST ALLURING. EVEN THOUGH MIMI IS RATHER "PRIM AND PROPER", IT WAS VERY INTERESTING HOW SHE BECAME FASCINATED WITH JAKE AND HIS MANNER OF SEDUCTION.
IT IS CETAINLY WORTH A "READ", BUT PROBABLY NOT FOR THOSE THAT ARE DIE-HARD MURDER/MYSTERY BUFFS~
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Summary: luckily i didn't pay money for this book--
Review: I obtained an advance copy of this book a few months ago, and read it because it sounded like an engaging, trashy novel. Well, it's not very engaging...the female characters are all gorgeous bodies for Jake to manipulate, and the sex scenes are overblown and not really believable...as is the dutiful explanation of why Jake treats women the way he does. Mimi is a boring, stereotyped character--hesitant about marrying her fiance because the sex isn't so great...thus begins the voyeuristic relationship Mimi and Jake that somehow isn't very believable. And the mystery stalker that is watching Mimi just seems to be a diversion so the novel can actually go somewhere. This book is better as a TV script for Ally McBeal or something...
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Summary: Don't Waste Your Time or Money
Review: It's a surprise others have been so generous towards this book. Usually, I'm the one to be positive when a book has let me down but I honestly can't recommend this. The story is marketed as a 9 1/2 week thriller but it missed it's marked. The first mistake is noted in other reviews...poor character development. Jake's character is tolerable if Mimi's wasn't so weak. You never get the feeling as to what makes her tick or motivates her to the voyeristic behavior she increasingly displays. Just when you think the book could salvage itself (by having Jake & Mimi get together and finding out the results) it doesn't happen. The ending was such a yawner that I barely registered the words. By that point, I just wanted to finish the book. I don't like wasting my time and money to be disappointed when it could have been so promising.
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Summary: Don't Waste Your Time or Money
Review: It's a surprise others have been so generous towards this book. Usually, I'm the one to be positive when a book has let me down but I honestly can't recommend this. The story is marketed as a 9 1/2 week thriller but it missed it's marked. The first mistake is noted in other reviews...poor character development. Jake's character is tolerable if Mimi's wasn't so weak. You never get the feeling as to what makes her tick or motivates her to the voyeristic behavior she increasingly displays. Just when you think the book could salvage itself (by having Jake & Mimi get together and finding out the results) it doesn't happen. The ending was such a yawner that I barely registered the words. By that point, I just wanted to finish the book. I don't like wasting my time and money to be disappointed when it could have been so promising.
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Summary: Jake & Mimi
Review: JAKE & MIMI. What a page-turner! I especially liked the author's clever usage of 3 narrators (3 points of view). The front story is riveting; the back story is poignant. The ending is most satisfying. Mr. Baldwin's command of the language is superb; he really knows how to spin a story. His first novel, Balling the Jack, was also a great read.
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