Books The Fermata
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Rating: - One of my all time faves
Combine part juvenile eroticism with a near genius style of narrative and insight into human nature and you have The Fermata. This is one I have re-read many times and each time another concept seems to leap out at me. If the mature themes of "Vox" or "The Fermata" are a put off, try "The Mezzanine" or "U and I". In every book, Baker's ability to create tangential meanderings through many everyday situations that we often pay too little attention to and as a result never gain the the threads of connection that runs though our thoughts and deeds never ceases to leave me awestruck and left to ponder a million thoughts all at once.

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Rating: - A Great Idea Wasted, Forget About It
The other 1-star reviewers are right: this book is a HUGE disappointment. I got both so bored and disgusted, I couldn't even finish it. The idea of being able to stop time is wonderful and exciting, but this author does absolutely nothing with it but masturbate. On top of it, it's very sexist, even though he tries to argue that he really isn't all that bad. He is. What a sick mind! The protagonist and author show zero respect for women and try to make you believe that everyone would act exactly as he does. This world would be a lousy place if he were right. I really loved The Mezzanine, though, what a pity.

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Rating: - Adolescent it its sexuality, mature in its view
This book is interesting just from the responses people have toward it. Just read the other reviews and you get a flavor. I have given this book to guys and they mostly enjoy it. However, the women who I have given it to have largely disliked it and even been offended. However, I did pass this book onto a woman who worked in a patient care profession in a hospital. She passed it along to her coworkers, all women, who read it and just loved it. I got my very worn copy back several months later.

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Rating: - This book makes the female form boring
This book must have literary merit that is beyond me, but I don't understand the reviews it has been getting.

The book is about what this guy does when he stops time. While most of his activities he does are sexual in nature, they come across as very bland.

I left this book thinking, here is a guy who has the power to stop time, and yet, I can not imagine a life that is more boring then his.