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3.44 AVERAGE
3.44 AVERAGE
medium-paced
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Reading 'Delta of Venus' gave me a wonderful perspective of the evolution of women's sexuality in recent decades. The emotions, thoughts and feelings of the women that were recounted in this book were so incredibly relatable and timeless standing in direct contrast of the relationships and circumstances that they suffered. This novel paints a semi-perfect universal love - where all human relationships exist on a level where people embrace and energize each other rather than hate and judge. Nin just so happens to imagine this utopian world as a sexual one and she writes about it movingly and passionately.
adventurous
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I read the first story and was deeply disturbed (and I’m generally ok with triggering content). It’s the story of a man who enjoysbsex a lot, which I have no issues with, and starts a relationship with a sex worker, which - well, I didn’t like the depiction of the sex worker, but I could handle it. Nin lost me when the male character started taking advantage of children and ended up raping his own kids, and there was no judgement on it. Just no, there’s nothing sensual about paedophilia and sexual violence.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
with each story offering such richness it's hard to pick which one was my favorite to slip into, and stepping into one and out from another hits you with the same sense as fever dreams. i can't believe i've waited until now to read her and already i feel like i know her, like some part of myself has been opened up and seen with eyes unlike any other. human sexuality is an orchid through these stories- beautiful only because it's been split open, apart, and dirty, only due to what holds it down inside. fantastically and breathtakingly orgiastic
adventurous
challenging
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
No
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No