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2.61 AVERAGE
2.61 AVERAGE
I read it so you don't have to. Seriously don't waste your time .
Okay so here's the thing. I read this because of a few reasons. 1. It is considered be a national treasure of France 2. It is constantly listed as one of the most horrifying books people have ever read
Yes this book is disgusting and made my skin crawl and made me hate humanity. Yes I understand this book is a rough draft and was written while the author was imprisoned at the Bastille. Yes it supposed to shed light on the darkest parts of the human mind.
Considering all of this, the book is still BAD. The writing doesn't make sense in most places and where is does make sense it is equally boring as it is disgusting.
C'mon France you can do better about picking your national treasures. Page after page of people eating shit and a terrible writing doesn't deserve all this attention. Be better.
Okay so here's the thing. I read this because of a few reasons. 1. It is considered be a national treasure of France 2. It is constantly listed as one of the most horrifying books people have ever read
Yes this book is disgusting and made my skin crawl and made me hate humanity. Yes I understand this book is a rough draft and was written while the author was imprisoned at the Bastille. Yes it supposed to shed light on the darkest parts of the human mind.
Considering all of this, the book is still BAD. The writing doesn't make sense in most places and where is does make sense it is equally boring as it is disgusting.
C'mon France you can do better about picking your national treasures. Page after page of people eating shit and a terrible writing doesn't deserve all this attention. Be better.
Nadie como el Marqués, un libro ambicioso, vomitivo, lascivo y polémico. Poco recomendado para personas religiosas y sensibles.
Dopo duecento e passa pagine di coprofagia sono stata quasi contenta di leggere i supplizi.
If I see the word ‘lubricious’ one more time...
I’m not a prude, and I’m not afraid of reading controversial works. This was just really boring though. It reads like the fantasy of a 13 year old boy (and that’s doing teenagers a disservice) trying to imagine the most disgusting sex acts they can. I got bored around 100 pages in. I appreciate that the content of the manuscript would have been far more shocking in the 18th century, but in this modern era it really didn’t garner the desired response from me. I’d be intrigued to read the version of the book that may have existed if de Sade had been given the opportunity to edit/reread it. Right now I feel like I know everything I need to from the first 100 pages.
I’m not a prude, and I’m not afraid of reading controversial works. This was just really boring though. It reads like the fantasy of a 13 year old boy (and that’s doing teenagers a disservice) trying to imagine the most disgusting sex acts they can. I got bored around 100 pages in. I appreciate that the content of the manuscript would have been far more shocking in the 18th century, but in this modern era it really didn’t garner the desired response from me. I’d be intrigued to read the version of the book that may have existed if de Sade had been given the opportunity to edit/reread it. Right now I feel like I know everything I need to from the first 100 pages.
Too intense and too realistic. My curiosity to see how bad it got was not outweighed by my conscience.
Grotesque. I own this now, and it is the only book that I refuse to lend out on principle. It is so horrifying that I will never subject anyone to it again, even if they beg.
challenging
dark
fast-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
People misjudge this book. It's not meant to be arousing to anyone but extreme sadists. Then again, I've read fanfiction that is darker. This book is an exploration of extreme fantasies... And he was a brave man for publishing them.