Reviews tagging 'Death'

Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille

21 reviews

yutrobog's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Cursing, Death, Grief, Torture, Violence, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Suicide, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

tailwhip's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No

0.5

nao sei dizer se as falas do autor no final piorou o livro esclareceu ele ou os dois ao mesmo tempo..! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gore, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, Death, Excrement, Mental illness, Rape, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Ableism, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, War, and Abandonment

revolution666's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Cursing, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Murder, Rape, Violence, Child death, Mental illness, and Suicide

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol

keerak's review against another edition

dark emotional funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Gore, Excrement, Blood, Rape, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Death, and Body horror

samuelh2020's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Excrement, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

keona_aw's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, and Suicide

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Racism

halflight's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

3.0

Sometimes you just gotta write about weird sex

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Death, Gore, Murder, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Forced institutionalization, and Sexism

Minor: Racism and Vomit

The book is entirely about sex. Lots of urine. Several instances of rape. Two instances of fairly graphic necrophilia. Things are put into certain holes that should NOT be put into those holes

urlocalsleepparalysisdemon's review

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

0.25

I wish that I didn't read this. I wish that it made me feel any other way than vaguely uncomfortable. I'm not disgusted or disturbed because at some point my eyes just glazed over and I pushed through the reading just so I can delete the book off of my phone, knowing I was done with it forever. 

I hate every single person who's given this four or five stars because I think they're annoying and probably don't get invited to parties. Fuck you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Suicide, Vomit, Death, Gore, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Violence, Addiction, Child death, and Cursing

elaichipod's review against another edition

challenging 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

3.5

I read this book because I read that Bjork's "Venus as a Boy" music video was inspired by it on Genius. I was shocked for a majority of the book and I might just regret reading it. But when I think about "Venus as a Boy," I can see how the main character is Venus. Like a god, he does as he pleases sexually and has this omnipotent power, at least to himself. He and Simone commit all these sex-based crimes with the audacity of a god. I think as a literary work, it is incredibly depraved and there's a lot of "primitive" ideas. I had to stop reading a couple times and just think about what my eyes and brain just perceived.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child death, Death, Gore, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Animal death, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Torture

erissa_lestrange's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Excrement, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Confinement, Gun violence, Murder, and Vomit

Minor: Incest and Violence