virginia_88 's review for:

Against Nature by Joris-Karl Huysmans

1.0

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This book reads like a series of lengthy Yelp reviews written by a neurotic and eccentric dandy. Discontent with the modern world, des Esseintes chooses to isolate himself in a chateau were he indulges in all his odd predilections. Listen, I get it, people are the worst. But just because you read Edgar Allen Poe “before he was cool” doesn’t make you unique or interesting. A torture to read and truly a struggle to finish. Sorry, this ones beyond me.