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lilitherary's review against another edition
literally as the title says, murder if one appreciates it as a connoisseur of the arts, if you could look at murder at a gallery and talk about it as an art piece.
pretty interesting, though i was thinking it would be about how murder was aestheticized within art throughout the ages.
pretty interesting, though i was thinking it would be about how murder was aestheticized within art throughout the ages.
kippenautomat's review against another edition
4.0
Why create any art if not with the same energy as commiting a murder?
joyceontheroad's review against another edition
3.0
It was a quick read, yet not my favorite. The pace was good, yet the overall reading did require some attention to historical references.
avnaerrdy's review against another edition
3.0
I just am not well versed enough in history and philosophy to really be able to appreciate most of the points made... But the bits I did get I tended to enjoy
barney_hay's review against another edition
dark
funny
slow-paced
2.5
I’m sure for very well read people this would be much funnier. I found some bits amusing, however for the most part just a bit of a slog.
atrollreads's review against another edition
It is incredibly dry and boring. It might be my state of mind though so I may give it another shot later.
a_lex_reads's review against another edition
3.0
"I'll play the part of a whetstone, which sharpens iron, but is itself unable to cut" - Horace. A sharp and twisty piece of writing, funny in its bleakness, worry, and Victorian morals. I think it draws a good observation of humanity's continuing fascination with the disturbing and how in our desire to understand it, we can end up deifying it.