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A review by ferris_mx
The 120 Days of Sodom by Marquis de Sade
1.0
VOM
Regardless of any potential benefit of the doubt (discussed below), this book is misogynistic, misanthropic, and I would have concerns about anyone who found it erotic. There is no consent of any kind to be found anywhere. Thus, no safe sane consensual (because it was neither safe, sane, nor consensual).
For the part of the book that de Sade actually fleshed out, he is consumed with anal and scat, in the most tedious and disgusting way. The second part of the book is not fleshed out, because de Sade ran out of paper in prison and lost the manuscript during the storming of the Bastille. It was not found until the 1900s, thus, no eyes were laid on it in the 1800s.
One point de Sade raised is that there is great pleasure in feeling yourself above someone else's discomfort or pain. In a way, I guess the book is an investigation of this, and "libertinage" where libertinage is doing what you want without any regard at all for others. If one believed that de Sade were illustrating the dangers of libertinage, then one could at least regard it as a dystopian tale, but even so that would not excuse this book. However, I don't think that is what de Sade was illustrating. I may revise this opinion after Justine; we shall see.
I don't believe in banning books. But nevertheless, this book has no redemptive value whatsoever.
Regardless of any potential benefit of the doubt (discussed below), this book is misogynistic, misanthropic, and I would have concerns about anyone who found it erotic. There is no consent of any kind to be found anywhere. Thus, no safe sane consensual (because it was neither safe, sane, nor consensual).
For the part of the book that de Sade actually fleshed out, he is consumed with anal and scat, in the most tedious and disgusting way. The second part of the book is not fleshed out, because de Sade ran out of paper in prison and lost the manuscript during the storming of the Bastille. It was not found until the 1900s, thus, no eyes were laid on it in the 1800s.
One point de Sade raised is that there is great pleasure in feeling yourself above someone else's discomfort or pain. In a way, I guess the book is an investigation of this, and "libertinage" where libertinage is doing what you want without any regard at all for others. If one believed that de Sade were illustrating the dangers of libertinage, then one could at least regard it as a dystopian tale, but even so that would not excuse this book. However, I don't think that is what de Sade was illustrating. I may revise this opinion after Justine; we shall see.
I don't believe in banning books. But nevertheless, this book has no redemptive value whatsoever.