Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Storia dell'occhio by Georges Bataille

19 reviews

turnerae's review against another edition

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challenging dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Insane, surreal, uncomfortable, but evocative. Going to have to sit with this one for a bit. Certainly fascinating. 

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judgeschreberfrots's review against another edition

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dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25


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hollyanns's review against another edition

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dark
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

This book is seen both as French pornography and as a work of philosophical transgressive fiction. Which is it? That’s for you to decide. It uses imagery of the eye — and, as substitutes for the eye, imagery of testicles and eggs and other globular items — metaphorically throughout the book, and this emphasis makes the narrative far more focused on the eye than on the characters. Their depravity isn’t the story or a vessel for the story, really, the eye is. The shock and titillation readers may have felt a century ago feel almost blasé nowadays, making some of the intention feel thin. 

TW for sexual assault, urine, gore, and unusual sex acts. I would not recommend this to a casual reader, but for those that choose to partake, you may care to read Barthes’s essay on it. 

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alexiisreads's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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axel_p's review against another edition

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dark funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
This book was absolutely hilarious

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_blue_linckia's review against another edition

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adventurous dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I would recommend it to fans of Clive Barker or Hellraiser.


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tofi_15's review against another edition

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challenging dark fast-paced
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  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

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zmorgason's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0


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benjaminwylie1's review against another edition

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challenging dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

this bataille guy is kind of fucked up

makes you kind of question what the point of a novel is, wonderful prose but horrible thematically

average french person etc etc

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aevaaa's review against another edition

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challenging dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

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