301 reviews for:

Against Nature

Joris-Karl Huysmans

3.54 AVERAGE

bexlrose's review against another edition

1.0

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Pretentiously verbose, I spent more time looking up words that I didn't know than I did enjoying any sort of plot. Partly because there were a fuck-tonne of words I didn't know and partly because there was no plot. 'Theoretical musings on everyday life in an exceedingly grandiose manner' would be my soundbite-summing-up of this book. If you ever need to read words on a page without taking anything in, perhaps for mindfulness or sleep, I recommend this book, an aide to sleep if ever I read one. 200 pages of pretentious condescending wank that took me 3 weeks to read because I just didn't want to. This has severely impacted my reading time and I'm not happy about it. 1 star. If I was in a generous mood I'd give it another half for all the words I learnt but I'm not so I won't.

12546darcy7890's review

2.0

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I gave up somewhere in the middle of chapter 12, there were parts that I enjoyed and the main character is interesting he's kind of like this eccentric arsehole hermit but it's mostly just like a really long list of shit this guy has brought which just isn't fun to read.

lemonbugs's review against another edition

2.0

reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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what the hell did i just read

bel69's review

4.5

informative mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

cynam0nka's review

1.0

slow-paced

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

ebbisi's review against another edition

5.0

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bolognio108's review

1.5

dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

berrycherry's review

DID NOT FINISH: 38%

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Read only the chapters I had to read for my class

mistys_webfullofbooks's review

2.25

challenging informative sad

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A book of lists, thought up by a character who is boring, classist, sexist, racist and allowed to be so weird and cruel because of his wealth.

tinyprince's review

4.0

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Loved the rich descriptions and critiques of art. Very unique book.