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A review by wherepoetsdie
Tales from the Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio
Was this a dry and boring classic? No, it’s pretty spicy, actually.
Do a majority of the characters belong in horny jail? Heck yes, I can’t give you a modern equivalent of a book that is as horny as this one. It’s scary how sexual a great number of these stories get (and often in really scandalous ways, even for modern standards).
Are many stories sexist and do the female characters feel like oversexualized cis male fantasies? You bet.
Can you learn anything from the frame narrative or the 100 stories told throughout these ten days? Not really. Many have a moral message, but it’s all pretty shallow and regurgitate stuff.
Despite everything that is wrong with this book, is it so out there and bad that it’s fun again? Absolutely.
Was I entertained? For sure. It’s trashy and incredibly extra, and I hate everything about it but in a fun way.
I don’t know what I expected going into this collection, but I don’t regret picking it up. I had a great time and learned something for my literature studies, so what more could I want.
Do a majority of the characters belong in horny jail? Heck yes, I can’t give you a modern equivalent of a book that is as horny as this one. It’s scary how sexual a great number of these stories get (and often in really scandalous ways, even for modern standards).
Are many stories sexist and do the female characters feel like oversexualized cis male fantasies? You bet.
Can you learn anything from the frame narrative or the 100 stories told throughout these ten days? Not really. Many have a moral message, but it’s all pretty shallow and regurgitate stuff.
Despite everything that is wrong with this book, is it so out there and bad that it’s fun again? Absolutely.
Was I entertained? For sure. It’s trashy and incredibly extra, and I hate everything about it but in a fun way.
I don’t know what I expected going into this collection, but I don’t regret picking it up. I had a great time and learned something for my literature studies, so what more could I want.