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"JAKE & MIMI
Little, Brown; Feb 2002; 24.95; 310 pp.
ISBN: 0316170771
Twenty-five year old Manhattan accountant Mimi Lessing is going to marry dependable logical Mark, but would like some excitement in her life before she settles down into the mundane. At the office, senior partner Abe Stein assigns Mimi to work with newcomer Jake Teller. They are to develop a financial strategy for Brice, a client whose family has been with the firm from the start but for decades until now only for simple tax preparation.
Jake is a stud who enjoys bondage games with his female conquests. He thinks he is lucky that he, amidst ten Jewish male junior accountants, has been assigned to work with the pretty Mimi. Jake plans to seduce the very competent Mimi in his sadistic style even if Miss Lessing is soon to marry. However, as Jake begins his campaign, a third party sets in motion a deadlier game because no one will mess with that individual's worship of the staid and proper Mimi.
Though there are thrilling moments, MIMI & JAKE wastes way too much time on the hunk's sexual proclivities at the expense of the chilling aspects of the plot. The story line grabs the audience, but needs ropes to keep fans bonded because too much detail into Jake's bedroom process overwhelms the novel. Jake's women that he shows off to the magnificent Mimi to further bind her to him contain the emotion and vocabulary of a corpse. Still Frank Baldwin's tale is for those readers who enjoy graphic bondage over character development and action-packed plots.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- Present (2000-2010)
Seduction/coercion/force
Yes
How seduced/forced?
- rape
Action/suspense subplot?
Yes
Action:
- chased by/chasing kidnapper/killer
Making a living subplot
Yes
Making a living:
- office romance among coworkers
Who seduces whom?
- mutual seduction
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- business executive
How sexual is this person?
- several sexual encounters
How romantic is this person?
- sly seducer
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- business executive
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
What % of story is romance related?
- 50%
Focus of story
- equally on him and her
How much dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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