Pride (End) and a new book

I finished the last four episodes of Pride last night and I loved everything about it. The ending was also to my utmost satisfaction.Looks like romance and drama are the genres I prefer in J-Dramas. They are different from Korean dramas, my favorites, the production values are not as good and they have a different, less melodramatic feel. But when they are good, they are really good. I actually read someone else's meta on Pride this morning and I cried even while reading that since every emotion Pride caused me feel are still raw. I still like Long Vacation better but Pride really was an excellent purchase. And Halu finally won me over!


I have started to read this Turkish novel called Kiralik Adam (trans. Rental Man) 2009, written by Yazgulu Aydogan, a newspaper coloumnist. The story tells the relationship between a successful business woman who reached her fifties and a forty year old male escort who has started doing this when he failed at his finance career. It is the usual, generic prose, easy read but also touches some social sexual issues women in Turkish society suffers from. The guy is chosen by a group who are introducing sex terapy to women who are suffering mental sexual problems vaginismus, repulsion due to abuse etc. The business woman tries to understand and was jealous at first but when she saw how the man suffers since it is a tough job that takes a lot from him, she understands and actually wants him to continue sex terapy and give the escort business for good. Also he is out in society escorting women from her social circle and people think that he is cheating on her.