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3.44 AVERAGE
3.44 AVERAGE
Even under limiting circumstances, I could feel Nin's poetic voice coming through. Every story in this collection is winding, as if dreamlike, sometimes veering into absurdity - this is my first time reading a book by her, so I found myself often surprised, amused, and stirred by some of the crazy shit her characters get into. I loved her heady exploration of their various sexual inclinations, and the natural interlacing of romantic passion, brutality, and lust.
This read like Penthouse Letters, only with better grammar and more creative synonyms for genitalia. I was hoping for more story/plot but I should have known better. I'll give it 3 stars because the book itself isn't bad, just not what I wanted to read.
I found a lot of this book exceptionally creepy. It helps to know that she was not writing this for herself and was paid for a particular kind of story, but I still couldn't force myself to finish reading it.
medium-paced
challenging
dark
medium-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
it’s so interesting to me going into this how anaïs explains that she was made to write without the poeticisms of feelings and connects and desire within these erotic stories, and yet the stories hold so much beneath the surface of exactly that
imo good erotica doesn’t take place in the world of real sex, it takes place in the world of fantasy and desire. nin is so good at looking at desire head-on, even (and especially) when it’s something dark or weird or taboo. idk i’m very about her whole deal.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated