The Cabal and Other Stories
by Ellen Gilchrist

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Book Review: Saccharin Blather
Summary: 1 Stars

How Ellen Gilchrist can take a fairly interesting plot line and ruin it with boring drivel and meaningless conversations by two-dimensional and cliché characters is nothing short of amazing. Why wasn't this a novel instead of somewhat-connected short stories?

What is the point of this collection in the end? To show how much she hates men and adores names like CeCe and DeDe? Her hatred of men (unless, of course, they are over-the-top handsome and spineless or gay) is barely concealed. Apparently she's been burned good by Hollywood producers as well... what was all that stuff about the tiny penis in "The Sanquine Blood of Men" ? Enough, already! You've emasculated the poor devil in one paragraph, you can stop now, no need to go on and on.

Don't waste your money on this one. Get something by Annie Proulx if you want great story lines with odd names. At least her men seem real and her women aren't self-absorbed, whiney sex-fiends. And while we're on the subject of sex, there are much classier terms for it. The F-word is not very genteel, Ellen.

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