huntourr 's review for:

Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.

5.0

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I like to think I’m quite desensitized to many disturbing things, such as gore and body horror, but I would have never expected to be as disturbed by a book like I did with this book. I’m even more surprised because I kept reading how bleak and hopeless the story was, so that usually lessens the blow but I feel as though it made it worse for me. While I was expecting to be affected the most bu Sara’s storyline (which I was), I’m surprised by how much I felt for Harry and Tyrone and especially Marion. They were in such denial the entire time.