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A review by ezrasupremacy
The Sluts by Dennis Cooper
3.0
i enjoyed this much more than i thought i would. this is the second of cooper’s works that i gave a try, with frisk being the first, which i ended up dnf-ing. i read this because the concept sounded really interesting and i’m a big sucker for books whose story is told through a different form of story-telling, so the reviews format really caught my interest.
overall it was really much better than expected, the reason why i dnf-ed frisk was because the writing style failed to keep me engaged, but in this book the fact that the writing feels so distanced and nonchalant made it so much better, because in the reviews it often gave off the feeling of rating a product rather than a person, which worked fantastically with the concept.
i think the fact that essentially all of it ended up not being real was actually perfect, because it almost makes it more realistic - i’m not gonna act like i have even the faintest bit of a clue of what the prostitution scene of the aughts in america was like, but i think i found it much more believable that many of the things described ended up being made up.
would i recommend this? i don’t think i know anyone personally who would enjoy this, but if you wanna start reading cooper’s works i feel like this may be a good place to start? haven’t looked into much besides frisk, but am going to consider doing so now.
overall it was really much better than expected, the reason why i dnf-ed frisk was because the writing style failed to keep me engaged, but in this book the fact that the writing feels so distanced and nonchalant made it so much better, because in the reviews it often gave off the feeling of rating a product rather than a person, which worked fantastically with the concept.
i think the fact that essentially all of it ended up not being real was actually perfect, because it almost makes it more realistic - i’m not gonna act like i have even the faintest bit of a clue of what the prostitution scene of the aughts in america was like, but i think i found it much more believable that many of the things described ended up being made up.
would i recommend this? i don’t think i know anyone personally who would enjoy this, but if you wanna start reading cooper’s works i feel like this may be a good place to start? haven’t looked into much besides frisk, but am going to consider doing so now.