I read it!

Well, luvvies, I finished the book a few days ago.

I'm going to assume you all know what happens in the end, so you won't be surprised when I say I thought it was a bit anti-climactic.

The thing I'd like to harp on, however, is that I thought it was decidedly anti-woman. I refer of course particularly to the whole "beakishness" rant that Christine highlighted. But in other important ways, even though one feels for all intents and purposes that the story is narrated by Constance Chatterly, it would appear that the point of view of the author is most completely portrayed by the idealized man: Oliver Mellors. Mellors exhibits a strong sort of cunt-hate that I find repellant, but he is absolutely the most "complete" man in the book, by far. All the others have some manner of impotence, be it intellectual, physical, or in terms of class-power or breeding.

Ok, I'm being called away by my boss. More soon. Ladies???