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A review by dmsehnert
Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
this book has been on my to-read list for a few years now and i’m eager to read more coetzee in the future!
whew. incredibly heavy. lots of complexities relating to sexual violence, abuses of power, and generational divides - all underneath the backdrop of a post—apartheid South Africa.
poor, poor lucy. i’m devastated that we don’t know the rest of her story - i hope she was able to find some peace.
the following lines made me nearly drop my book and i think will haunt me for the rest of my life:
“you are a man, you ought to know. when you have sex with someone strange - when you trap her, hold her down, get her under you, put all your weight on her - isn’t it a bit like killing? pushing the knife in; exiting afterwards. leaving the body covered in blood - doesn’t it feel like murder, like getting away with murder?”
whew. incredibly heavy. lots of complexities relating to sexual violence, abuses of power, and generational divides - all underneath the backdrop of a post—apartheid South Africa.
poor, poor lucy. i’m devastated that we don’t know the rest of her story - i hope she was able to find some peace.
the following lines made me nearly drop my book and i think will haunt me for the rest of my life:
“you are a man, you ought to know. when you have sex with someone strange - when you trap her, hold her down, get her under you, put all your weight on her - isn’t it a bit like killing? pushing the knife in; exiting afterwards. leaving the body covered in blood - doesn’t it feel like murder, like getting away with murder?”