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3.56 AVERAGE
3.56 AVERAGE
challenging
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
An ode to narcissism and promiscuity and misogyny in the (very poor) guise of philosophy and metaphysics stream of consciousness.
The only reason it didn't get rated lower is because of some pretty prose and interesting descriptions of 1920s NYC ethnicities.
The only reason it didn't get rated lower is because of some pretty prose and interesting descriptions of 1920s NYC ethnicities.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content
Moderate: Racial slurs
Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship
Just started it. Am full of dubiety at this point.
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Still reading it after picking it up again. It's rather soul-crushing (ow, my soul).
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Still sort of reading it (12/17/08)... it's rather like being on drugs in a bad way - a wash of images that don't stand still long enough to be properly considered. Damn Henry Miller and his damn images.
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Still reading it after picking it up again. It's rather soul-crushing (ow, my soul).
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Still sort of reading it (12/17/08)... it's rather like being on drugs in a bad way - a wash of images that don't stand still long enough to be properly considered. Damn Henry Miller and his damn images.
dark
sad
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
at times excruciating to get through the winding prose, but worth the focus it takes to read. miller’s
lens on life is concerningly horny yet somehow gentle and profound. it’s rare that an author can give such an honest account of their soul without coming across as self indulgent. although i have beef w him 4 doing my girl anaïs dirty
lens on life is concerningly horny yet somehow gentle and profound. it’s rare that an author can give such an honest account of their soul without coming across as self indulgent. although i have beef w him 4 doing my girl anaïs dirty
An outrageous, filthy, brilliant book. Even better than Tropic of Cancer. If you can give Miller the leeway he needs to get where he's going, he is really up there with the greats of literature. Suffice it to say: buy the ticket to this madman's train.
I didn’t think it was possible, but I liked this one even less than Tropic of Cancer. Seriously, I was in no way a fan of this book. The amount of raunchy sleazy descriptions in Tropic of Capricorn, if possible out weight those in the first novel.
The only thing I can truly say I’m grateful for is that I got it off my shelf where it’s languished since the 2010 Boston Book Festival (it was the last one!). It also counts toward my Classics Club list so yay for that too!
I can’t even pretend it’s hard to say why I didn’t like this book, it really was just too much sex, misogyny, sexual assault and crass language. When you add in the stream-of-consciousness I’m surprised I even got through the book. It’s no wonder the book was banned in America (Wikipedia link) for 30 years. I don’t believe in book banning or censorship, but this really tested my limits.
Continue reading on my book blog at geoffwhaley.com.
The only thing I can truly say I’m grateful for is that I got it off my shelf where it’s languished since the 2010 Boston Book Festival (it was the last one!). It also counts toward my Classics Club list so yay for that too!
I can’t even pretend it’s hard to say why I didn’t like this book, it really was just too much sex, misogyny, sexual assault and crass language. When you add in the stream-of-consciousness I’m surprised I even got through the book. It’s no wonder the book was banned in America (Wikipedia link) for 30 years. I don’t believe in book banning or censorship, but this really tested my limits.
Continue reading on my book blog at geoffwhaley.com.
i resisted this book the whole way through, until i finished it and realized it was quite brilliant.
4/5 … you can definitely see a large improvement between this and ‘Tropic of Cancer’ as Miller develops a stronger voice of his own. however, im hesitant to give this book 5 stars as well because i wasn’t as encaptured as i was with the first book. there are a lot of excellent one liners that Miller scatters throughout the book, but the story itself felt repetitive, which led me to take forever to finish this. sex, food, and money… do you want to talk about anything else, Henry?
(i do have to mention, that last chapter was *surprisingly* pleasant lol)
(i do have to mention, that last chapter was *surprisingly* pleasant lol)
Me ha resultado repetitivo y en ocasiones, mortalmente aburrido. Una vez leído el primer tercio del libro, que sí me llamó la atención y me interesó, el resto me ha parecido más de lo mismo. Quizá lo más reseñable sea el retrato social, tan parecido al que podría hacerse hoy mismo (salvando algunos detalles, claro).