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angel_kiiss's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, and Excrement
rusina's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Blood, Excrement, Gore, Sexual content, and Body horror
Moderate: Religious bigotry, Hate crime, Xenophobia, and Murder
saint_eleanor's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
God isn't the one writing anymore; its all the girls sitting inside paintings, hating. I'm looking for us.
I write a satanic pact between you and me. THE END.
I could talk about this book for literally hours, would not be able to fit all my thoughts into a review. If you want to talk abt it message me on discord honestly lol (pickledfishxoxo). I would love to know your thoughts on the closing quote, and
In place of an actual review and bc im extra i made a list of every explicit and implied reference in the book and some I just thought would be good further reading because I loved this book sm and i think part of why is bc she referenced so many of my favorite medias 🤓:
Books:
- Growth of the Soil by Knut Hamsun
- Malleus Maleficarium - Hammer of witches
- Gender Trouble - Judith Butler
- Powers of Horror: Abjection - Julia Kristeva
- Wild Strawberries
- Daisies, + Vêra Chytilovà movies
- American Beauty
- Penda's Fen
- Jubilee
- Sweet Movie
- Citizen Kane
- Insignificance
- Love Exposure / Noriko's Dinner Table ("an episode", p.32, girls jump onto the subway tracks)
- Wicker Man (p.120, the ram appearing in the circle of naked women)
- Agnes Varda movies , Cleo from 5 to 7
- Hausu (p.187 reminded me of it, when they are tossing something 'neither cabbage nor soccer ball', like a head maybe)
- Men (p. 199, when nocturno culto is giving birth)
- Pubertad - Edvard Munch 🎨 and The Scientists
- Nocturno Culto/ Darkthrone 🎶
- Hellhammer 🎶
- Rodin 🎨
- Dan Graham 🎨
- Jenny Holzer 🎨
- Ann Sofi's Fideicommunism 🎨
- Otto Meuhl 🎨
- Meredith Monk 🎶
- Varg Vikernes - Burzum 🎶 (nsbm, so watch out)
- A-positive by Eduardo Kac (image of man and machine nursing eachother, p. 146)
- The Collapse of PAL - Rosa Menkmen (No christians see trees fall in this digital forest. p.180)
Anders Breivik (?)- norweigan terrorist, Friedrichshof Commune, DWeb vs. ARPANET, Jacques Derrida- Algerian-French philosopher, Luce Irigaray- French philosopher and linguist.
Graphic: Excrement and Self harm
Minor: Child death, Blood, Body horror, and Abortion
mariball's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
This was one of the most surreal books I’ve read in some time, maybe ever. If you’re looking for a traditional story format with plot, you’re not going to get it here. This is an experimental treatise that focuses on art, Black Metal music, magic, witchcraft, religion, nonconformity, and writing. The prose is powerful, direct, gross, and, well, hateful. It’s my favorite aspect of this book.
However, I think this book is too experimental for my tastes. There are some scenes where I question the necessity of its inclusion (besides shock). I feel that at least 50 or so pages could have been shaven off and nothing major would have been lost. I’m also deeply disappointed
In the end, my expectations were too high.
Graphic: Excrement, Vomit, and Body horror
Moderate: Blood
musical_alex's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Excrement, Mental illness, Death, Racial slurs, Blood, Gore, Body horror, and Vomit
Moderate: Sexual content
imrereads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.5
Samtidig er det store delar av romanen som står som uforståelege for meg. Det var rarare og rarare jo lengre me kom, utan at eg klarte å forstå kva det var som vart forsøkt sagt. Kanskje er det ikkje riktig av meg å leite etter meining, kanskje er det det meininglause som er meininga. Likevel falt ikkje det heilt i smak for meg. Dei store mengdane avføring, mensblod og groteske seksuelle bileta falt heller ikkje i smak hos meg. Det er òg uforståeleg for meg kvifor det var nødvendig å nytte rasistiske ord, som n-ordet.
Alt i alt føles dette litt uferdig. Den sterke stemma eg las i Perlebryggeriet var vanskeleg å finne her, sjølv om den dukka opp i blant.
Graphic: Cannibalism, Racial slurs, Blood, Excrement, Gore, and Body horror
owenwilsonbaby's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
This had some extremely interesting theory, such as the witches-as-a-threat-to-the-establishment passage, but ultimately I think it was too theoretical in its overall approach to character and narrative. Admittedly I don’t think Hval was going for something conventional here and I do think her writing is very clever and imaginative. Ultimately this wasn’t an excellent choice to help me get out of my reading slump - but hey, that’s on me!
Moderate: Homophobia, Body horror, Cursing, Vomit, and Excrement
macodi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Blood, and Vomit
Minor: Animal death
beanwa's review
4.25
Graphic: Excrement, Body horror, and Blood
tuesday_evening's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Excrement, Sexual content, and Body horror