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ryeaunt's review against another edition
I read aku no hana, and I’m such a weeb I decided to buy some Baudelaire to see if he’s worth his snot, and this wasn’t the best introduction, I should have just bought Baudelaire’s flowers of evil. I saw it on a shelf at half priced books but I was really put off by the tassel bookmark connected to the binding of the book like you would find on a bible, it was tattered weird and it was sticking off of the bottom on the half priced books shelf and I though that I surely would not want my home shelf to look like how the half priced books poetry shelf looked with the tassel frayed out. A quick read, seems like a he’s setting a fictionalization version of himself up to be made fun of idk. I feel bad giving it 2 stars, it surely has merit at least as a piece of Baudelaire’s to compare to flowers of evil. I give books stars based off of enjoyability, a book can accomplish a lot but can be unenjoyable to read. It can be an enjoyable experience in reflection. I didn’t spend much time with this book, I wasn’t the biggest fan of it while reading it, but it’s alright if you’re into this stuff I’m sure. You could also probably find something better, aku no Hana was fun!
ryeaunt's review against another edition
I read aku no hana, and I’m such a weeb I decided to buy some Baudelaire to see if he’s worth his snot, and this wasn’t the best introduction, I should have just bought Baudelaire’s flowers of evil. I saw it on a shelf at half priced books but I was really put off by the tassel bookmark connected to the binding of the book like you would find on a bible, it was tattered weird and it was sticking off of the bottom on the half priced books shelf and I though that I surely would not want my home shelf to look like how the half priced books poetry shelf looked with the tassel frayed out. A quick read, seems like a he’s setting a fictionalization version of himself up to be made fun of idk. I feel bad giving it 2 stars, it surely has merit at least as a piece of Baudelaire’s to compare to flowers of evil. I give books stars based off of enjoyability, a book can accomplish a lot but can be unenjoyable to read. It can be an enjoyable experience in reflection. I didn’t spend much time with this book, I wasn’t the biggest fan of it while reading it, but it’s alright if you’re into this stuff I’m sure. You could also probably find something better, aku no Hana was fun!
iceangel9's review
3.0
A historical fiction novella set in France about a young man who finds himself falling obsessively in love with a beautiful burlesque dancer. He starts out attempting to do a favor for a friend and ends up in love and with his life in a mess.
alanfederman's review
3.0
Interesting book - a raffish poet tries to seduce a more conventional woman by agreeing to seduce her husband's mistress - a dancer. The writing was really poetic (as expected) and some intriguing plot twists.
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