Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille

22 reviews

karthnemesis's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Excrement

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Forced institutionalization

knoyleo's review

dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

tcgarback's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 
Critical Score: B
Personal Score: C+
Reading Experience: 📘📘📘(3/5)

Grabbed my attention at the start and the end, lost me in the middle. Altogether too involved in its own symbolism and musings on agony and pleasure. But this is still a bomb of immorality that is as courageous as it is sleazy—as it’s meant to be, so really, they’re the same thing here.

This is fascinating to me as a piece of transgressive literature, but it’s not something that at all moved me or, given the stuff I’ve read in recent years, shocked me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

kattrent's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• 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

1.25

Wtf did I just read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

yutrobog's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

tailwhip's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No

0.5

nao sei dizer se as falas do autor no final piorou o livro esclareceu ele ou os dois ao mesmo tempo..! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Ableism, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, and War

revolution666's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, Rape, Suicide, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

samuelh2020's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

halflight's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-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

3.0

Sometimes you just gotta write about weird sex

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexism, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Racism and Vomit

The book is entirely about sex. Lots of urine. Several instances of rape. Two instances of fairly graphic necrophilia. Things are put into certain holes that should NOT be put into those holes

elaichipod's review against another edition

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

3.5

I read this book because I read that Bjork's "Venus as a Boy" music video was inspired by it on Genius. I was shocked for a majority of the book and I might just regret reading it. But when I think about "Venus as a Boy," I can see how the main character is Venus. Like a god, he does as he pleases sexually and has this omnipotent power, at least to himself. He and Simone commit all these sex-based crimes with the audacity of a god. I think as a literary work, it is incredibly depraved and there's a lot of "primitive" ideas. I had to stop reading a couple times and just think about what my eyes and brain just perceived.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Sexual harassment