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baschoon 's review for:
The Mysterious Disappearance of the Marquise of Loria
by José Donoso
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Based on the foreward in this book I expected to love it, but it was much darker, while also much vaguer, than I expected. Even though it's quite short there were parts that really dragged, and the supposedly senual content was very off-putting and violent.
I also feel like the whole story was set up to impart a larger message or cultural critique that never came...but I might have missed it somewhere in the violent, sexually charged dog scenes? I have a lot of questions, but don't really want the answers.
I also feel like the whole story was set up to impart a larger message or cultural critique that never came...but I might have missed it somewhere in the violent, sexually charged dog scenes? I have a lot of questions, but don't really want the answers.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence
Moderate: Animal cruelty
Minor: Death
Graphic, sexually charged violence with a woman and a dog