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A review by chazaiya
Venus in Furs by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
i, too, understand the desire to be completely and utterly submissive to a redhead.
this guy is just plain weird though!!!!!!!!!!!! this was a fun read. much funnier than i anticipated though i guess with something as inherently absurd as sado-masochism i should've expected it to be funny. the penguin classics version in particular is really great. at the end of the book it tries to propose this moral/argument to the whole affair, and right after the publishers decided to do a very funny thing by adding two contracts that Sacher-Masoch and his wife signed (it's exactly what you expect) all but confirming that there was NO moral to be had and the whole book was just Sacher-Masoch revealing his deepest sexual fantasies! i'm interested in the autobiography his wife put out since for a fair portion of the book it seemed that Severin was actually the one in the relationship who held power and was using it to manipulate Wanda into being his mistress, so I'm interested in how that toxicity would show in Sacher-Masoch's real relationship. i guess i have to move onto De Sade now, he seems equally as ridiculous but much more sickening which, while intriguing, i'm not super looking forward to.
this guy is just plain weird though!!!!!!!!!!!! this was a fun read. much funnier than i anticipated though i guess with something as inherently absurd as sado-masochism i should've expected it to be funny. the penguin classics version in particular is really great. at the end of the book it tries to propose this moral/argument to the whole affair, and right after the publishers decided to do a very funny thing by adding two contracts that Sacher-Masoch and his wife signed (it's exactly what you expect) all but confirming that there was NO moral to be had and the whole book was just Sacher-Masoch revealing his deepest sexual fantasies! i'm interested in the autobiography his wife put out since for a fair portion of the book it seemed that Severin was actually the one in the relationship who held power and was using it to manipulate Wanda into being his mistress, so I'm interested in how that toxicity would show in Sacher-Masoch's real relationship. i guess i have to move onto De Sade now, he seems equally as ridiculous but much more sickening which, while intriguing, i'm not super looking forward to.