3.44 AVERAGE


elena zemra jem tjerat hmmmmm
challenging dark fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Song: Erotica by Madonna 

Dnf

Absolutely gross and sooo triggering for no reason. don't ever call this assaultative piece of shit feminist literature

Some of the chapters are a bit too much for me. Overall a great book, but not for beginners

I’m surprised I made it as far as I did considering how much pedophilia, incest, sexual assault, and bestiality I encountered in this short span. 

some gnarly extreme eroticism inc. incest and paedophelia but randomly sprinkled among some very beautiful short stories.
there are repetitive indications of rape and sexual abuse but the way it is written consent is always given.
difficult to read at points, hilarious at others. not sure how to summarise, just make sure it isn't your first sexual rodeo. remember this is fantasy writing and unconventional situations. make sure you fully understand consent before reading and once your past the first story - which was the most uncomfortable for me - you're over the worst of it.
challenging dark fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: N/A
challenging emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

This is the frenchest thing I’ve ever read, and I’ve read the Lais of Maries de France. It’s yearning, longing, lingering erotica that, even in its engagement with taboos both modern and old, is crafted with prose so profoundly enveloping, hazy and dreamlike that I don’t think any amount of internet “ick” or whatever at the content could really crack what makes this such a classic. It asks for an open mind, and I’d say the book itself is also an open mind in what it shares. 
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: N/A

Sorry I suck and I'm uptight I guess but reading about pedophilia, rape, incest, and just a touch of bestiality- mostly through the eyes of sex obsessed misogynists- is not my idea of a good time 

Tankew Levi