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emujxox's review against another edition
3.0
they were doin some real freak shit back in the 1870s damn
bookish_skies'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? Yes
2.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse
sailorthemoon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
mabusecast's review against another edition
4.0
huh, so that's where the name for the Blu-ray company "Severin films" comes from!
k3atr0g2608's review
3.0
Ok, despite the fact that I’m giving it three stars, I really liked this book. It just isn’t for everybody.
The imagery was fantastic and sometimes spiritual. It relied mostly on pieces of art to express ideas. The image of Venus is used time and time again, for obvious reasons. As are the paintings of Martyrs. The characters feel like people you’d meet at the Warhol Factory.
Fetishism plays a big role in this book, as you’d expect. And that’s probably another reason it isn’t for everybody. But what this book does is normalize fetishism and sexual deviancy with examples from myth and history. For example, there are frequent mentions of Dionysus and the steel bull, numerous cruel queens who would whip their servants, and Apollo flaying Marsyas. So it makes sexual deviancy more profound and less deviant.
Now, the biggest reason many wouldn’t like this book so much is the weird moral. Basically, it’s the belief that “men and women can never be companions, and one (a man in this case) should always aim to dominate and stomp on the other completely.”. But as you know, books can reinterpreted in so many different ways, my interpretation was just the fact that sexual deviancy isn’t deviant and is in fact an embedded thing in almost everyone.
Also The Velvet Underground’s song “Venus in Furs” is inspired by the book so.
Ok yeah, that’s all.
The imagery was fantastic and sometimes spiritual. It relied mostly on pieces of art to express ideas. The image of Venus is used time and time again, for obvious reasons. As are the paintings of Martyrs. The characters feel like people you’d meet at the Warhol Factory.
Fetishism plays a big role in this book, as you’d expect. And that’s probably another reason it isn’t for everybody. But what this book does is normalize fetishism and sexual deviancy with examples from myth and history. For example, there are frequent mentions of Dionysus and the steel bull, numerous cruel queens who would whip their servants, and Apollo flaying Marsyas. So it makes sexual deviancy more profound and less deviant.
Now, the biggest reason many wouldn’t like this book so much is the weird moral. Basically, it’s the belief that “men and women can never be companions, and one (a man in this case) should always aim to dominate and stomp on the other completely.”. But as you know, books can reinterpreted in so many different ways, my interpretation was just the fact that sexual deviancy isn’t deviant and is in fact an embedded thing in almost everyone.
Also The Velvet Underground’s song “Venus in Furs” is inspired by the book so.
Ok yeah, that’s all.
kataanova's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
dagaezoomer19's review
challenging
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
"A kiss with a fist is better than none"
adnielsen's review
4.0
Banned book list selection. This follows the main character’s choice to be enslaved by the woman he loves. While he enjoys this relationship at first, she ultimately pushes the bounds of his fantasy.