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3.44 AVERAGE
3.44 AVERAGE
These short stories were all written to a man, with the sole purpose of arousing him and it shows.
It wasn't that they were badly written. It was that there was practically no plot whatsoever beyond a bunch of characters in all these exotic settings such as Peru and then sex, sex, sex.
Don't get me wrong. I am a fan of this genre when the author is able to do a good job. But I need a developed plot and that seductive ambiance that draws you in and doesn't let go.
In 'Delta Of Venus', it was more of the same and after a while I had to stop reading, because it was starting to get more than a little boring.
Long story short, I think men will love this book. Women obviously need something more.
slow-paced
So... I've decided not to finish this at 60%. The writing borders on dry, which wouldn't normally stop me from reading on, but I read some reviews a while back that made me put the book down for a long time. Somewhere in that last 40% is a story about a necrophilic encounter and I... just don't want that rattling around in my mind for the rest of my life. I've already read episodes of dubious consent in this collection that made me feel deeply uncomfortable and I don't need to add to that discomfort.
I wouldn't turn people away from reading this book if they're looking for something in the erotica category or to explore Nin's writing, but I would caution them about its contents.
I wouldn't turn people away from reading this book if they're looking for something in the erotica category or to explore Nin's writing, but I would caution them about its contents.
It's important to read the introduction for this book. The stories were written for a very particular market and the author's creativity was stifled. Her ability does shine through, but the constraints give the stories a sameness, and it just wasn't something I felt like picking up after a while.
This is supposed to be one of the greatest and most famous pieces of erotica ever written. This book had it all: pedophilia, rape, bestiality, voyuerism, prostitutes, bondage, you name it. Not bad for 1930s France. I wouldn't let anyone in real like know that I read this.
”You do not know what you are missing by your microscopic examination of sexual activity to the exclusion of others, which are the fuel that ignites it. Intellectual, imaginative, romantic, emotional. This is what gives sex its surprising textures, its subtle transformations, its aphrodisiac elements. You are shrinking your world of sensations. You are withering it, starving it, draining its blood.”
A collection of short stories. Some of them beautiful; some, disturbing; all of them provocative. Just as Erotica should.
Erotica is one of the most underrated, under appreciated, and undervalued genres. In present, it’s also filled with B-rate stories that are recycled ad nauseam.
A collection of short stories. Some of them beautiful; some, disturbing; all of them provocative. Just as Erotica should.
Erotica is one of the most underrated, under appreciated, and undervalued genres. In present, it’s also filled with B-rate stories that are recycled ad nauseam.
a miraculously gifted writer but if freud read her work he would’ve had a lot of support for his theories
It's difficult to choose between 3 and 4 stars with this rating. I think the poetry added enough life to the smut - pure, adulterated smut, I must say - that it felt like reading more than just over-the-top erotic fiction, there was a nonsexual pleasure to be had, and that I feel gives enough of a push to bump it up to four stars. Well, that and the introduction where the author reveals that she doesn't take these stories seriously herself, which added a comedic effect where you feel you and the author are sharing an inside joke at the expense of the "collector" when you get to the parts that are way, way too bizarre to find masturbatory unless you are the "collector". The several parts that made me plead "Make it end!" will not be considered in this review because I'd like to forget I even read them.
this is EROTICA...but some things should have been left unsaid
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest, Rape
Moderate: Pedophilia
Minor: War