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Post by Christinko on Oct 7, 2006 5:52:22 GMT -6
With all due respects to the efforts of author Robert Huber, the novel "Caribbean Heat" isn't a must-read. Granted, I'm only 1/8 of the way through it, but I don't find any character or plot development is occurring.
Huber gives us a blow by blow of the actions and only the vague lusty thoughts of his many characters who are hard to keep track of because they all seem like automatrons who are cliches of the people we meet at Hedo (though they are likely the real people he has met there over the years given the info on the back of the book).
The story gives us a week at Hedo of a cast of characters and what happens to them, but I have not found a reason to care what happens to them and it hasn't engendered in me any memories or longings of Hedo.
Huber's descriptions will fully remind you of Hedo, but not with the nuance and passion each of us might feel for the resort. It's dry and unemotional.
I will try to finish the book for proper, full and fair perspective but that will not be a joy.
Putting together a novel in the first place, however, wins my applause. I haven't done that yet. And for Huber to make it happen deserves a lot of respect.
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Post by innit Geezer on Oct 7, 2006 9:23:43 GMT -6
So what you're trying to say is, it has grammatical errors and lacks sexy nude pictures. I understand.
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Oct 9, 2006 10:25:47 GMT -6
Putting together a novel in the first place, however, wins my applause. I haven't done that yet. And for Huber to make it happen deserves a lot of respect. I suspect the title of your book would be something along the lines of "Caribbean In-Heat"? Or maybe "Caribbean Meat: How Stinko Got Her Groove Back"? |
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Post by Chicago Jake on Oct 9, 2006 10:57:43 GMT -6
Maybe we should all participate in a collaborative fiction novel about a trip to Hedo? The characters could be a couple, a single girl, and a single guy. We take turns writing a paragraph or two on any of the characters or subplots that inspire us at the moment. Sound like fun?.....Jake
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Oct 9, 2006 11:12:53 GMT -6
Only if Chris promises to publish it.
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Oct 9, 2006 11:14:22 GMT -6
May I write the character of HedoBukkakeMaster Chuck?
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Post by Chicago Jake on Oct 9, 2006 23:51:19 GMT -6
Okay, I started it (in another thread). I'm sure we can beat this Huber stiff at his own game. Between us, we've got years of Hedo experience! And if we can harness a fraction of the humor and entertainment value of this board, it will be a million-seller......Jake
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Post by Christinko on Oct 10, 2006 5:58:44 GMT -6
Only if Chris promises to publish it. I'll only put up the capital if I get all the profits (grin!). Actually I do have a novel sketched out but have not been able to get the gumption to flesh it out with actual writing yet. Sounds like a million other would-be novelists out there, yes? |
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Post by Tex on Oct 10, 2006 11:19:40 GMT -6
I have no intention to ever write a book about Hedo, but the following could be good Hedo related stories:
1) A group of old Hedonites who met at Hedo and are getting old and some too frail to travel decide to make the effort and get together there one last time. Trace their relationships over the years combined with the bittersweet experience of saying goodbye.
2) A romance blossoms between a Jamaican employee and a guest from the Old South who grew up thinking an inter-racial relationship was strictly taboo.
3) A friendship begun as a romp in the sack at Hedo solidifies back at home and becomes very important to all of the parties.
4) A married couple goes to Hedo, tries a few things, has a big blowup, makes up, and comes home with a different relationship.
There are a hundred and one stories for which Hedo would be a very helpful backdrop. Serial sex stories, unless they really have a different twist, can be boring.
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Post by Christinko on Oct 10, 2006 21:33:21 GMT -6
I agree with you, Tex. And my unwritten tale does focus on three couples of various descriptions and pays attention to their personal growth/ch-ch-change that happened to have been influenced by a week at Hedo. Some stay together, some get together, etc. I'm just busy trying to build dramatic tension in my plot at this point. I have the characters and side characters roughed out.
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Post by innit Geezer on Oct 11, 2006 6:16:39 GMT -6
I'm just busy trying to build dramatic tension in my plot at this point. I have the characters and side characters roughed out. Feel free to loosely base a side, side, side, character on me. Contact me for "character " details if need be. and then there was the flooring contractor from New York with his wife....a carpet muncher true to form .... shit, it's going to take a lot of improvising, my life is so plain damn it. |
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Oct 11, 2006 6:43:01 GMT -6
There are a hundred and one stories for which Hedo would be a very helpful backdrop. Dont know why this popped into my brain when I read this part of youre post Tex, but it seemed relevant... cue the announcer please... |
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Post by Tex on Oct 11, 2006 8:43:21 GMT -6
There are a hundred and one stories for which Hedo would be a very helpful backdrop. Dont know why this popped into my brain when I read this part of youre post Tex, but it seemed relevant... cue the announcer please... Just the facts, ma'am. |
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Oct 11, 2006 9:00:54 GMT -6
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Post by Christinko on Oct 14, 2006 19:05:05 GMT -6
Oh gack! Some people on Dennyp's board are saying they like the "Caribbean Heat" novel. I keep reading the book on principle. It's getting worse and worse though.
I just don't get it. It seems like a recipe list of who did what and what went where. Even the few limited sex scenes are perfunctory--hardly makes me lift an eyebrow (I read bodice-rippers and get aroused).
The relationships are odd between couples too. A wife is cheating on her husband. Finally, the author Huber tells us (doesn't show us) that they have a long talk about it and the husband is okay. SO WHAT?
Another couple had got mad at each other and the gal split to sleep in another room with the book's camera-toting wally. Suddenly later the original couple is back together with no explanation. The single gal & guy love affair is just as flat.
I have no idea who these people are supposed to be modeled after, but I hope they have more substance and conversation skills than these characters.
I can only imagine that I'm a snot or the other readers who like this book are just grateful to see Hedo described at all. I'm so perplexed. I'll give my book to anyone who wants to read it next. I won it for free from the author.
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Oct 14, 2006 21:46:27 GMT -6
I can only imagine that I'm a snot ... It's possible. |
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Post by jo on Oct 15, 2006 8:56:34 GMT -6
I'll give my book to anyone who wants to read it next. I won it for free from the author. Why not bring it to Hedo in November and let us all try to guess who the characters are based on? Might be good for a laugh.....Jo (3 weeks from today, we'll be at the Montreal airport waiting for our flight to MoBay to leave!!!!!!!!!) |
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Post by Christinko on Oct 15, 2006 12:36:38 GMT -6
I can only imagine that I'm a snot ... It's possible. These truths we hold to be self-evident. |
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