A review by twosunflowers
The Sluts by Dennis Cooper

3.5

i have no idea what to think about this book... it sure was gory and very disturbing and it made me feel queasy on a couple occassions even though i'm pretty used to reading/watching gore and fucked up stuff. the narrative started very strongly but then it kinda became more and more vague and convoluted as it went on, which i guess was the whole point, but still it made the story pretty difficult to follow. the fact that there were so many characters and that the only way to tell them apart was by their handles made this book even more confusing. unfortunately, the ending also wasn't very gratifying considering what a pain in the ass it was to even keep up with everything what was going on. still, i definitely see the potential in this story and it was very interesting (and mortifying) to be given insight into the extremely corrupt underworld of hustlers, dark web and sick pedos. i don't think i will ever feel the need to reread this one tho