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turnerae's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
hollyanns's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
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.
Graphic: Gore, Rape, and Sexual assault
j_yarbrough's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Cursing, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
enika's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.25
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Murder, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
vacationrick's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
axel_p's review against another edition
- 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
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
_blue_linckia's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gore
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Alcohol
tofi_15's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
ashs_ephemera's review against another edition
1.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Murder, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Mental illness and Blood
Minor: Vomit
corvuscorax's review against another edition
3.5
And it struck me that death was the sole outcome of my erection, and if Simone and I were killed, then the universe of our unbearable personal vision was certain to be replaced by the pure stars, fully unrelated to any external hazes and realizing in a cold state, without human delays or detours, something that strikes me as the goal of my sexual licentiousness: a geometric incandescence (among other things, the coinciding point of life and death, being and nothingness), perfectly fulgurating.
This was one of the books that push you to reconsider your interpretation of art, vulgarity and how the two can (or can't?) combine. It was a tough read to be sure, but there was a certain aspect of playfulness generated by the sheer absurdity of the scenarios that were being presented. The essay at the end felt like a breath of fresh air, but then the almost mathematical correspondence that Bataille wanted to establish between details of his biography and elements of the metaphorical chains in the book made me feel uneasy, because they so contradicted my aversion to authorial "implication", especially when it comes to such intense and almost grotesquely exaggerated scenarios. It felt as though putting a real, living, breathing author next to the text would've been an insult to both.
Sontag's essay was interesting, but I found Barthes's takes to be more substantive and truly add to my experience of the book. This is one to chew on for a while, I think.
Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Vomit, and Murder
Minor: Suicide