Reviews for Finite mathematics

The average rating for Finite mathematics based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-08-28 00:00:00 Yvan Fillion Well friends.... this was not my cup of tea kind-of-book. I have learned what Tart Noir actually is and how it is written. The only difference here was a series of short stories written by popular women writers instead of horny, hairy men that want to have sex with these females and then kill them because the woman has somehow wronged them. In these stories all the women made their own choices so they have the final say in their destinies. There were 19 stories and I liked 5 of them. The reason I didn't like the others were: bestiality to a damn dolphin (was weird and gross), infanticide, matricide, and killing for lustful reasons. I couldn't connect with many stories. It also felt like a horny grown ass man living in his mother's basement was still writing some of these. I don't mind the lesbian romance but that's all some of the stories became, like what gets off a lonely dude in fantasy land. I would have preferred a slutty female that teases the would-be lover but kills him/her for revenge or honor. 👠💄 I didn't enjoy the baby and mom killings. Too gruesome so I was glad to be done with it. I actually only got it because Karin Slaughter is one of the writers so it was a mistake buy. Wasn't a book for me but someone else will hopefully enjoy it at the secondhand shop.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-10-07 00:00:00 Karen Hoppers Crime writers and editors Duffy & Hendersen believe that they've given us a taste of 'the future of female crime writing' in Tart Noir. With the calibre of contributing writers like Val McDermid, Martina Cole, Denise Mina, Karin Slaughter - to name a few, they have a point. Having said that I'm not a big fan of short stories. However I love crime fiction and the novels that some of these authors have penned have been very good. I decided to give this book a chance. The stories in Tart Noir are all about women taking the power that men usually do. A tart noir would be the equivalent of an Annie Oakley in an evening dress or a Doris Day with a gun and a grudge! These stories explore the dark side of women, including the darker side of womens sexuality. Sparkle Hayten's "The Diary of Sue Peaner, Marooned Contestant" is great. She takes Survivor and turns it on its head. In fact she tweaks, shakes and decapitates it. Val McDermid's "Metamorphosis" is bitter in its blunt sexuality and heart wrenching in its believability. Martina Cole's "Enough was Enough" is horror all the way but I had to read it too the end. Tart Noir is 'Kiss Kiss' and 'Switch Bitch' for the millenium. It is women behaving badly, women behaving like men with a good dollop of questionable morals and shocking actions. This book is unsettling. Mother Grundies will hate it. I liked it, I think.