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The only reason this got 2 stars was because the book made me think... Really hard, my brain hurts!

First of all this book is written like a letter (Which I did not like), its being written by an unnamed 16-year-old girl to her 34-year-old lover/teacher. In her account of their affair she is taking responsibility for her manipulation of him... This leads me to believe that she's come to an understanding of her faults so I wanted to like her (but I don't). Shockingly I didn't dislike him (I kinda felt sorry for him??) but I think that's because of the way she wrote the letter, she writes him very naïve and easily manipulated. It's very clear they're both obsessed with each other which is disturbing. The whole relationship is disturbing. Not the teacher/student taboo, just this weird obsessive relationship with this sickly manipulative young girl who at the end we shockingly realize has learned nothing!!

Needless to say I hated and didn't fully understand the ending. I finished the book with my mouth hanging open saying WTF!!!

In addition to all of this the book was also very slow and drawn out at times which made it hard to read.

The only 2 good things here was it intrigued me enough to need to know the ending, and it made me think.


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Innocents Cathy Coote Books Reviews

This book was a bit over the top for me. The way that it makes the main character, a schoolgirl, so oversexed in pursuit of her teacher is quite disgusting.
This was one od the most beautifully written books that I have ever read. Coote is able to truly let us get a glimpse into the mind of the young teenage girl who is narrating the book. That said, it was also extremely dark and disturbing. There were many times when I wholeheartedly disliked both characters. But, that just goes to show the power of Coote's writing. All in all, I would definately recommend this book! Though be advised, it will toss what you think you know about teenage life on its head!
I absolutely love this book. More than a great read it’ll keep you hooked til the very end🤓 very Lolita type of story with a peculiar twist. Trust me if you’re into a Daddy/Princess relationship, this is the story for you.
There is more to this book than another retelling of the "Lolita" story. Told from the perspective of the teenaged girl in the book, it twists the reader into realizing the title isn't referring to her.
16 year old virgin girl with sex continually on her mind finds a way to seduce her older teacher, driving him gradually to do more and then finally too far for her. At which point, was there a winner or a loser and what happens now? The sex is well written, and after the initial seduction it becomes more like where is this going? Where it ends is in ambivalence. I know who he is, but she is still a young woman with sexual power and needs, preparing for whatever next move feels right. Interesting character study.
What may be counter-intuitive to the naive, just like in real-life and in almost every book I've read (with the exception of Nabokov's The Enchanter) or movie and television show I've seen, age-discrepant relationships are most often initiated by the nymphets.

Innocents is no exception. Here's an excerpt

I wanted you when I saw how you dreaded to touch me...it seemed to me that you were punishing yourself for your most innocent passions. You were charmingly, naively presuming yourself guilty of lechery, debauchery, debasement. So I...reached for that agitated pinching right hand of yours, and I took it in mine...I stroked it gently, with my thumb..Biting my lip, making my face tentative, I asked out of the blue, 'Will you kiss me? Please? Don't you fancy me?'..With one swift flowing movement...I knelt up, so as to have my face close to yours...

The Allure of Nymphets
Well, I hate to say it but I just could not get into this book. The idea behind it is great but for me, the author just doesn't deliver. The book is written in a way that appears as a letter to her older lover. The main character; a sixteen year old girl, seduces her teacher, moves in with him, and draws twisted photos of people in the buff. All in all, that's all I got from this book. The characters (both) are totally unlikeable. The dark and twisted thoughts of the main character are the only thing I liked about this book. However, those were few and far between. This was just not my cup of tea. AND to top it off, I bought this thinking it would be a YA novel. Nope, I don't even know what to call the genre. It's just plain weird. -End Rant.
The only reason this got 2 stars was because the book made me think... Really hard, my brain hurts!

First of all this book is written like a letter (Which I did not like), its being written by an unnamed 16-year-old girl to her 34-year-old lover/teacher. In her account of their affair she is taking responsibility for her manipulation of him... This leads me to believe that she's come to an understanding of her faults so I wanted to like her (but I don't). Shockingly I didn't dislike him (I kinda felt sorry for him??) but I think that's because of the way she wrote the letter, she writes him very naïve and easily manipulated. It's very clear they're both obsessed with each other which is disturbing. The whole relationship is disturbing. Not the teacher/student taboo, just this weird obsessive relationship with this sickly manipulative young girl who at the end we shockingly realize has learned nothing!!

Needless to say I hated and didn't fully understand the ending. I finished the book with my mouth hanging open saying WTF!!!

In addition to all of this the book was also very slow and drawn out at times which made it hard to read.

The only 2 good things here was it intrigued me enough to need to know the ending, and it made me think.