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2.61 AVERAGE
2.61 AVERAGE
Ya well Um this was nasty. I watched the movie before and heard the book was more interesting. I don’t regret reading this since I really just skimmed it so I didn’t use much brain power. The writing is so confusing with all the characters, and was just generally confusing.
Διαβάστε τις 3εις κριτικές σε μία για τα βιβλία σε μετάφραση στο μπλογκ μου βιβλιοαλχημείες
In the last two weeks of November I read three books in translation; another chapter in my journey of reading the world. The drawbacks of this journey is that most of the time I'm drawn by the nationality of the author and not the book's story.
Especially when I haven't read from said country before.
Why a drawback? Because most of the time I encounter mediocre books, or to be less offensive, books that didn't work for me.
All of these three books with the exception of de Sade's carbuncle, were just good, not amazing, but not mediocre either.
The books
The Yacoubian Building
Happy Days of the Grump
The 12o days of Sodom
This Book
Les 120 journées de Sodome
COUNTRY: France
LANGUAGE: French
A book I always wanted to read. I was so curious because when a book is controversial I'm always curious to see what's all the fuss by myself.
So I was lucky to receive it as a present from a very good friend. We were planning for a readalong but the book was too graphic -too much for her, so I eventually continued on my own.
It was the only book that made me really uncomfortable. . .
The more I was reading the more graphic the scenes were becoming and the more uncomfortable I was feeling.
I read a few parts while riding the bus but since in Cyprus people are illiterate (in terms of reading books) nobody paid any attention to me, let alone to its title.
A lot of people insist on seeing de Sade's philosophy(;) behind the endless scenes of blowjobs, fuckings, coprophilia, pedophilia, urolagnia, violence and dozens of other kinds of paraphilias.
Paul Éluard said that de Sade believed that by giving to the civilised man the power of his primitive instincts he would eventually give birth to real equality.
Georges Bataille said that you have to study de Sade in order to know the meaning of being human.
All these for me don't say anything.
Empty words, puffy and colourful but empty and tasteless like a marshmallow.
I don't need to read about someone eating shit right from its source (arse) to know the meaning of being human.
I don't need to read about a middle-aged man fucking a young pubescent boy to feel more human.
All the praise for this book is elitist mambo-jumbo.
Yes de Sade was ahead of his time, BUT let's not make him look like a philosopher of Nietzsche's and Plato's range.
Para gustos los colores.
" [...] como diría Blangis, un infierno habitado por los de nuestra misma especie, a pesar de todas las torturas, es mucho más deseable que un cielo ocupado por los seres monótonos a quienes nos presentan como modelos de virtud."
La blasfemia a dios fue un deleite para obra de tal época, lo más rescatable de la novela.
Sin embargo, demasiada violencia y mosoginia, sobre todo, en esas últimas páginas; masticable, pero no digerible.
" [...] como diría Blangis, un infierno habitado por los de nuestra misma especie, a pesar de todas las torturas, es mucho más deseable que un cielo ocupado por los seres monótonos a quienes nos presentan como modelos de virtud."
La blasfemia a dios fue un deleite para obra de tal época, lo más rescatable de la novela.
Sin embargo, demasiada violencia y mosoginia, sobre todo, en esas últimas páginas; masticable, pero no digerible.
A dark controversial tale, bound to make you cycle through every emotion possible from titillation to abject horror. Not for the faint of heart or easily offended.
I was waiting for the water to warm and for some reason a passage from this book came into my head and I remembered with visceral revulsion that once, years ago, I tried to read this. And that I had strong opinions, which boils down to one thing: don't read this.
This is the literary equivalent of an underage snuff porn movie. A badly written one.
Unless you are studying sex-psychology, or criminology specializing on violent sexual offenders, you won't get anything out of this book, and I'm honestly not sure about those either.
This is the literary equivalent of an underage snuff porn movie. A badly written one.
Unless you are studying sex-psychology, or criminology specializing on violent sexual offenders, you won't get anything out of this book, and I'm honestly not sure about those either.
challenging
dark
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
dark
informative
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Will you judge me if I give this book a good rating? I found it absolutely fascinating. It's disturbing and dark (not to mention highly scatological) but I laughed at the absurdity of some of the stories, which I hope was the point. If you consider this book from a logical standpoint, there are times it falls apart. However, it's a great peek into a twisted mind. I wish he had been able to finish it - truly finish it, not just notes.
challenging
dark
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes