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cartimandua's review against another edition
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
ssunier's review against another edition
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
I really don’t know how to rate this… it had the weirdest sex scene I have ever read and it was published 100 years ago… idk how long it’ll be before I’ll be able to eat a hard boiled egg again… like a train wreck you can’t look away from… I guess it gets 4*
inkmouth's review against another edition
challenging
dark
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
b0hemian_graham's review against another edition
3.0
HOLY FUCK. I swear I've read half this shit in several Fan Fics that were "fortunate" enough to be featured on Topless Robot's Fan Fic Fridays. Main difference, is that this is better written depraved shit. Batailles is actually quite poetic, and the prose is quite lovely, yet the plot is totally batshit insane and highly disturbing.
How was this even published in 1928? DH Lawrence is fucking Walt Disney compared to this, yet he was censored and banned in several countries. I'm impressed with Batailles.
How was this even published in 1928? DH Lawrence is fucking Walt Disney compared to this, yet he was censored and banned in several countries. I'm impressed with Batailles.
workingfortheknife's review against another edition
4.0
georges you're fucking off the wall, crazy, insane, a nutter, psychotic, 0 redeemble qualities, a horrible waste of space. i get it though
mothfoot's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
4.0
I don't know what to tell you. It was like a fever dream. A train wreck! A beautiful train wreck! I couldn't look away but I also didn't want to.
moreglittermorefur's review against another edition
2.0
I came for the promise of an egg and was assaulted with more than I bargained for.
Completely unnecessary - feel like this “classic” should be left in the past. I recommend to no one.
Completely unnecessary - feel like this “classic” should be left in the past. I recommend to no one.
saturnsmoons's review against another edition
an absolutely incredible amount of stuff to say here.
sex is so complicated here. it’s not really an erotica when you think about it. naturally i understand that this book IS predominantly on the topic of sex, yet it’s still so shocking that it feels so asexual as a piece.
this piece is evidently overly sexual to mock/satirize western cultures views of pornography and such… but i also think it’s an evident allure to youth culture and sex. a certain recognition or oath to the discovery of sexuality.
if i’m talking about how this piece made me feel, uncomfortable is the first word that comes to mind. in both good and bad ways for that matter.
also just ran into an old friend who read me this story some time ago just as i was writing! i really miss them. anyhow my point still stands. evidently bataille wrote this story to shock to concern etc etc. but i think some truth still lives in here. especially when comparing it to eroticism and death, the idea that sexuality is so intrinsically related to violence and such. i can’t say i enjoyed reading this book but i don’t regret it either. and especially the religious scene wow! bataille n’est quand même pas fucking gener non plus…
sex is so complicated here. it’s not really an erotica when you think about it. naturally i understand that this book IS predominantly on the topic of sex, yet it’s still so shocking that it feels so asexual as a piece.
this piece is evidently overly sexual to mock/satirize western cultures views of pornography and such… but i also think it’s an evident allure to youth culture and sex. a certain recognition or oath to the discovery of sexuality.
if i’m talking about how this piece made me feel, uncomfortable is the first word that comes to mind. in both good and bad ways for that matter.
also just ran into an old friend who read me this story some time ago just as i was writing! i really miss them. anyhow my point still stands. evidently bataille wrote this story to shock to concern etc etc. but i think some truth still lives in here. especially when comparing it to eroticism and death, the idea that sexuality is so intrinsically related to violence and such. i can’t say i enjoyed reading this book but i don’t regret it either. and especially the religious scene wow! bataille n’est quand même pas fucking gener non plus…