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Poly Book Club Assignment #10 - Threesome
Sep. 28th, 2010 12:18 amThreesome
by Nash Popovic
I was excited to see a poly book available to read online. The most common excuse for not reading a book assigned in the poly bookclub is that they couldn't find the book or didn't have money to buy it. Threesome was offered online, entirely free and promised to be pro-poly.
Well, it was definitely pro-poly. It was also very short.
( Plot synopsis with spoilers )
I have mixed feelings about this story. On the one hand, it's refreshing to read a book that supports polyamory and where things work out for the characters. On the other hand, there was no real struggle, no conflict, nothing that the characters had to overcome or grow from. They just kinda worked. I love it when that happens in real life, but, as I always tell reporters when they ask about my relationships, it makes for a boring story. There's no real story arc and there's no conclusion, satisfying or otherwise. I really couldn't relate or identify with the characters, other than to nod a few times when Marko elaborates on some of his relationship philosophies. I didn't get drawn in and I wasn't emotionally invested in the characters.
I think it's great to have examples in literature that do not demonize alternative relationships, and this may be a decent book to give to someone who you're trying to explain polyamory to, especially if they're more willing to read a narrative rather than a reference book. But as a pure work of entertainment fiction, it was not that entertaining.
But it has motivated me to write my own autobiography of polyamory - something longer than a blog post, in a narrative style, that highlights the struggles & the achievements & the happiness of being polyamorous in a monogamous world. Someday I may even self-publish it.
Join the discussion at http://www.shelfari.com/groups/12041/discussions/243089/Book-10-Threesome
by Nash Popovic
I was excited to see a poly book available to read online. The most common excuse for not reading a book assigned in the poly bookclub is that they couldn't find the book or didn't have money to buy it. Threesome was offered online, entirely free and promised to be pro-poly.
Well, it was definitely pro-poly. It was also very short.
( Plot synopsis with spoilers )
I have mixed feelings about this story. On the one hand, it's refreshing to read a book that supports polyamory and where things work out for the characters. On the other hand, there was no real struggle, no conflict, nothing that the characters had to overcome or grow from. They just kinda worked. I love it when that happens in real life, but, as I always tell reporters when they ask about my relationships, it makes for a boring story. There's no real story arc and there's no conclusion, satisfying or otherwise. I really couldn't relate or identify with the characters, other than to nod a few times when Marko elaborates on some of his relationship philosophies. I didn't get drawn in and I wasn't emotionally invested in the characters.
I think it's great to have examples in literature that do not demonize alternative relationships, and this may be a decent book to give to someone who you're trying to explain polyamory to, especially if they're more willing to read a narrative rather than a reference book. But as a pure work of entertainment fiction, it was not that entertaining.
But it has motivated me to write my own autobiography of polyamory - something longer than a blog post, in a narrative style, that highlights the struggles & the achievements & the happiness of being polyamorous in a monogamous world. Someday I may even self-publish it.
Join the discussion at http://www.shelfari.com/groups/12041/discussions/243089/Book-10-Threesome
