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hallebit 's review for:
Death on the Installment Plan
by Louis-Ferdinand Céline
challenging
dark
funny
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A good portion in, I asked my dad why he thought I should read this book. He said “have you gotten to the part with the English Channel?” And I said, “you mean the ten pages where people barf all over each other?” And he exclaimed, “yes! I was howling!” Lo and behold, now that I go back to said pages there are only four (123-126). Suffice it to say, these are the best four pages I have read on that subject. That they felt over twice as long speaks to their potent acidity. My favorite touches include the word slobgullion, the quote “I give his fair lady a complete hank of noodles”, and the appearance of an unexpected raspberry. Quite poetically awful.
The plot contains much to retch over. I never imagined getting bored of a protagonist’s incessant inability to wipe his own ass. Depictions of women in this book frustrate me. The two archetypes include the aggressively horny ones and the crippled wives drowning in their burdens of their sons and husbands. I’ll leave the details of few particularly creative scams and masturbations for individual curiosity, as well as lessons in creative beat downs gleaned from its portions on child development. I will take with me the insult, “you shallot!”. Hopefully you do as well. Ultimately this book was rarely a pleasure to read, but when it was, it was a raucous one.
The plot contains much to retch over. I never imagined getting bored of a protagonist’s incessant inability to wipe his own ass. Depictions of women in this book frustrate me. The two archetypes include the aggressively horny ones and the crippled wives drowning in their burdens of their sons and husbands. I’ll leave the details of few particularly creative scams and masturbations for individual curiosity, as well as lessons in creative beat downs gleaned from its portions on child development. I will take with me the insult, “you shallot!”. Hopefully you do as well. Ultimately this book was rarely a pleasure to read, but when it was, it was a raucous one.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment
Emotional abuse by parents and employers is strong with this one.