Ecstasy
Books | Fiction / Literary
3.7
Irvine Welsh
With three delightful tales of love and its ups and downs, the ever-surprising Irvine Welsh virtually invents a new genre of fiction: the chemical romance . In "Lorraine Goes to Livingston," a bestselling authoress of Regency romances, paralyzed and bedridden, plans her revenge on gambling, whoring husband with the aid of her nurse Lorraine. In "Fortune's Always Hiding," flawed beauty Samantha Worthington enlists a smitten young soccer thug to find the man who marketed the drug that crippled her from birth--in order to give his a taste of his own disastrous medicine. In the upbeat final tale "The Undefeated," we experience the transfiguring passion of the miserably married young yuppie Heather and the raver Lloyd from Leith--a grand affair played out to a house music beat. As these fools for love pursue it in all the wrong places, Ecstasy is guaranteed to set pulses racing and hearts aflutter.
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Author
Irvine Welsh
Pages
276
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Published Date
1996
ISBN
0393315819 9780393315813
Ratings
Google: 3.5
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"I love K.V. Rose books. So when Ecstasy was released. I was excited and nervous at the same time. My concern was that some drug abuse is a personal trigger for me. But let me tell you, Rose did a phenomenal job.<br/>I am writing this review with my emotions; there all over the place. So here goes my review. I can't believe that I waited so long to read this book. <br/><br/>Triggers: rape, drug abuse, mental illness, self-harm, and many more. Ecstasy is not for everybody. <br/><br/><br/> Let's go in a dark, wicked ride together. Zara, Alex, And Eli all three of them battling there own demons and have secrets. Each one is handling them in different ways. Zara, drug addict, Alex, warm with anger issues, Eli, cold, hiding his true self. Ecstasy starts with Zara and Alex fighting because of Zara cheated on Alex. Eli steps in, and Wow is all I am going to say. I was cussing at this time, and it's only the beginning. <br/><br/> Zara is drawn between Alex and Eli, best friends and total opposites. You kept thinking who isn't he a good guy and the bad guy. Love how Rose had you guess and thinking throughout the book. Of course, she has excellent chemistry with both. <br/><br/> I couldn't help but root for Zara. I was on edge, praying for her, waiting for her to hit rock bottom and hopefully come out the other side unharmed. I swore, cried, yelled, and was ****** off at some of the characters. <br/><br/> If you like a crazy, intense, dark wild ride, I suggest reading Ecstasy. Enjoy"
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Crystal Bell