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A review by peytondani
The Sluts by Dennis Cooper
5.0
i can’t emphasize the extremity of the sexual violence in this novel enough. it is honestly the worst that i could fathom in terms of how graphic and depraved it was. it was very hard to read and definitely had to put it down a few times, if you know nothing else going in, know this. this can easily be perceived as a flaw of the book, and i don’t entirely disagree, but for the thesis of this book, while i would never say it was necessary, i will say that it was functional.
overall, told in a series of online postings and reviews (basically the equivalent of a reddit forum) this book has zero omniscient narrator, no voice of reason or truth. this is where it’s genius lies. written in 2004, this novel was even ahead of its time in the consequences that ensue when a persona is co-opted by the internet, when an individual is depersonalized to the point of becoming legend, and when internet mythology directly results in real life violence.
overall, told in a series of online postings and reviews (basically the equivalent of a reddit forum) this book has zero omniscient narrator, no voice of reason or truth. this is where it’s genius lies. written in 2004, this novel was even ahead of its time in the consequences that ensue when a persona is co-opted by the internet, when an individual is depersonalized to the point of becoming legend, and when internet mythology directly results in real life violence.