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A review by maiamgn
The Sluts by Dennis Cooper
4.0
you see, my best friend lent me his copy of this book after weeks of him raving about it. the fact that i read this book in the span of a single day says something great about the way this book was written, the story portrayed, and it’s ability to hold your attention to it for hours.
the story is told through a webpage used to rate and review male escorts, specifically a thread on that webpage that follows all of the reviews left on a young, junkie escort named brad. it shows the horrifying reality of that side of humanity, and the internet. it’s easy to lie under an anonymous name, it’s not easy to follow this story without being at least a little confused, but that was precisely the point with this book. i don’t think you’re really supposed to know exactly what is really going on at any given time until the end, and that’s what makes this story what it is. it feels unbelievably real throughout.
i seriously enjoyed this book, every page comes with a shock factor so great that i had to lie about the book i was reading to my mom, just in case she decided to look it up. even in it’s less horrifying moments, and i say “horrifying” with the most positive connotation you can imagine, the little actual real personality and emotion the main character, brad, is given is with intention. reading this book gives the feeling of reading through a murder mystery in a way, and yet at the same time it’s not only that but a light shone into the terrifyingly disgusting cracks and corners of humanity. i’m very glad i read this book, even though i had to sit there for a minute to snap back into reality.. and let my stomach settle.
the story is told through a webpage used to rate and review male escorts, specifically a thread on that webpage that follows all of the reviews left on a young, junkie escort named brad. it shows the horrifying reality of that side of humanity, and the internet. it’s easy to lie under an anonymous name, it’s not easy to follow this story without being at least a little confused, but that was precisely the point with this book. i don’t think you’re really supposed to know exactly what is really going on at any given time until the end, and that’s what makes this story what it is. it feels unbelievably real throughout.
i seriously enjoyed this book, every page comes with a shock factor so great that i had to lie about the book i was reading to my mom, just in case she decided to look it up. even in it’s less horrifying moments, and i say “horrifying” with the most positive connotation you can imagine, the little actual real personality and emotion the main character, brad, is given is with intention. reading this book gives the feeling of reading through a murder mystery in a way, and yet at the same time it’s not only that but a light shone into the terrifyingly disgusting cracks and corners of humanity. i’m very glad i read this book, even though i had to sit there for a minute to snap back into reality.. and let my stomach settle.