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dabagool's review against another edition
5.0
If one could turn an oil canvas painting into a piece of writing, this is probably what it would read like.
casparb's review against another edition
when i picked this up i thought it was about depression but it's more about sexual violence & smut
nschank's review against another edition
this was so hard for me to read i was so confused the whole time. his writing style just didn't do it for me
rhiannonq's review against another edition
challenging
funny
reflective
slow-paced
2.5
this book is not about the color blue. it’s actually about sex and it’s really perverted
charsiew21's review against another edition
Too esoteric for me. I foolishly picked this up just because I like the colour blue.
ckiyoko's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
fast-paced
2.75
The book equivalent of trying to drink water from a fire-hose. Some interesting ideas, and a good amount of humor, but hard to shake the feeling that it's a book about sex and sensuality in language from someone who may enjoy sex but has, in essence, been masturbating with someone else's body. Also really struggled with the elitism when Gass speaks of people in isolated and/or poor communities—not surprising, but hard to take his explorations at face value when it's rooted on logic like that. Like, if that (and a rape scene as a representation of "blue", sensual language) is your most compelling example...maybe you gotta rethink some shit.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Pedophilia and Classism
Minor: Rape
noelleizms's review against another edition
I don't remember when I stopped or how many pages in I was (definitely around 20) but the way the book is written was just very confusing to me. I would like to revisit it at a later date but now was just not the right time
ngoldie's review against another edition
5.0
One of the most stunning uses of the english language I have come across.