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akelbley2's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Child abuse
kit_fox's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
3.75
malynn's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
lavalierre's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual assault
dykedaesque's review against another edition
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
_al's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
ilovegravy's review against another edition
3.0
Idomus formatas. Dar nieko panašaus nesu skaičiusi. Istorija nesudomino, nes mitiniai herojai nuvalkiotas motyvas, kuris kaip netraukė 14-os, taip netraukia ir 21-rių.
achillesheeled's review against another edition
2.0
The red world And corresponding red breezes Went on Geryon did not
2.5
some parts of this i liked very very much but mostly it didnt affect me at all
2.5
some parts of this i liked very very much but mostly it didnt affect me at all
gloconno's review against another edition
dazzling
unlike anything I've ever read, really! takes place in a world entirely its own. not to mention how it sets itself up with the bits about stesichorus, in and out of reality, history, time, literature.
from that intro:
adjectives as the "latches of being" and stesichoros as "undo[ing] the latches": "Stesichoros released being. All the substances in the world went floating up." (also: "'Consumption is not a passion for substances but a passion for the code' says Baudrillard.")
"the fragments of the Geryoneis itself read as if Stesichoros had composed a substantial narrative poem then ripped it to pieces and buried the pieces in a box with some song lyrics and lecture notes and scraps of meat. The fragment numbers tell you roughly how the pieces fell out of the box. You can of course keep shaking the box. 'Believe me for meat and for myself,' as Gertrude Stein says. Here. Shake."
also:
the reticent volcano, the photographs, the ways in which things get revealed.
"Geryon kept the camera in his hand and spoke little. I am disappearing, he thought but the photographs were worth it. A volcano is not a mountain like others. Raising a camera to one's face has effects no one can calculate in advance."
the volcano in a wall, the flashes in which a man possesses himself: "We are amazing beings, Geryon is thinking. We are neighbors of fire. And now time is rushing towards them where they stand side by side with arms touching, immortality on their faces, night at their back."
unlike anything I've ever read, really! takes place in a world entirely its own. not to mention how it sets itself up with the bits about stesichorus, in and out of reality, history, time, literature.
from that intro:
adjectives as the "latches of being" and stesichoros as "undo[ing] the latches": "Stesichoros released being. All the substances in the world went floating up." (also: "'Consumption is not a passion for substances but a passion for the code' says Baudrillard.")
"the fragments of the Geryoneis itself read as if Stesichoros had composed a substantial narrative poem then ripped it to pieces and buried the pieces in a box with some song lyrics and lecture notes and scraps of meat. The fragment numbers tell you roughly how the pieces fell out of the box. You can of course keep shaking the box. 'Believe me for meat and for myself,' as Gertrude Stein says. Here. Shake."
also:
the reticent volcano, the photographs, the ways in which things get revealed.
"Geryon kept the camera in his hand and spoke little. I am disappearing, he thought but the photographs were worth it. A volcano is not a mountain like others. Raising a camera to one's face has effects no one can calculate in advance."
the volcano in a wall, the flashes in which a man possesses himself: "We are amazing beings, Geryon is thinking. We are neighbors of fire. And now time is rushing towards them where they stand side by side with arms touching, immortality on their faces, night at their back."