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A review by aiden_e_messer
The 120 Days of Sodom by Marquis de Sade
slow-paced
2.0
*disclaimer: I read the first edition in French, I don't know how different it is from this one*
First of all, ew. Second of all, how the fuck does this book manage to be so gross and so boring at the same time? The introduction nearly killed me. He describes characters, then settings, the characters again, then something vaguely starts to happen and boom! Setting description again! And so on for pages and pages. AAAAAH! That being said, I didn't see the miscarriage cannibalism coming. That was pretty wild.
Since the book was never finished, the story moves much faster after the first storyteller finished her stories, as it's only an outline, and I honestly don't know if I'd have had the patience to finish it otherwise.
I'm sad I didn't like it more since I loved the movie. No offense to anyone who liked it, but this book is very much not ADHD friendly, at least for me
First of all, ew. Second of all, how the fuck does this book manage to be so gross and so boring at the same time? The introduction nearly killed me. He describes characters, then settings, the characters again, then something vaguely starts to happen and boom! Setting description again! And so on for pages and pages. AAAAAH! That being said, I didn't see the miscarriage cannibalism coming. That was pretty wild.
Since the book was never finished, the story moves much faster after the first storyteller finished her stories, as it's only an outline, and I honestly don't know if I'd have had the patience to finish it otherwise.
I'm sad I didn't like it more since I loved the movie. No offense to anyone who liked it, but this book is very much not ADHD friendly, at least for me