A review by sarahbc93_
The Seducer's Diary by Søren Kierkegaard

4.0

Normally this is the sort of topic that would turn me off a book completely, the calculated and thought out seduction of a young woman who is ultimately going to be disposed of when she is no longer useful to the seducer, is not something I would choose to read about time and time again, but I decided to give it a go to try and get through some of my physical tbr.

And while the plot of this story is very simple, it is the seduction and ultimate betrayal of a young woman called Cordelia, the way it is written is what draws you in. The writing is quite luscious in a way I wasn’t expecting and it made it a bit easier to get through the story itself.

All in all, for my first foray into the world of Kierkegaard, it wasn’t the worst thing in the world.