maymfw's review against another edition
5.0
Internally reflected faces dance upon walls; figures cast in the outlines of lights and the asphyxiated entrails of normalities. Wittig's construction is in line with this; the appraisal of the absolute devotion to affirmed difference. The lesbian being is conceived here as such; as a being entrapped amongst the rapid dance between love and war, the appreciation of blood and the construction of a strata amongst petals cast on the grave of womanhood. Violent waves of distortion, adjunct pain and beautiful sensual expression are taken as they are as only to themselves (in the casting against the other); undistorted by the refractions of systems, the arrays of dazzling confusion present to the societal moment recognised only inasmuch as they are rendered asunder. The lesbian being here is a coagulating scab of pure iridescent light; flowers grow from their back and thunder claps between the reframed mythos of each of their steps.
This novel is hence not only a description, a tale or some other theoretical and ideological undertaking in narrative form. 'The Lesbian body' is a rebelling genome, a cancer and a sickening twist of beam of light from shattered fat and sinew. It calls for very little explicit but brings forth within any given fragment of its greater proceeding a highly profound emotional response to which one can only seek to immerse themselves in the understanding of insofar as they come to form such dichotomies in and of themselves. Truly grasping wittig, as expressed here, is to become unilateral and sublime dissonance; stark and unflinching motion in its most repulsive form.
This novel is hence not only a description, a tale or some other theoretical and ideological undertaking in narrative form. 'The Lesbian body' is a rebelling genome, a cancer and a sickening twist of beam of light from shattered fat and sinew. It calls for very little explicit but brings forth within any given fragment of its greater proceeding a highly profound emotional response to which one can only seek to immerse themselves in the understanding of insofar as they come to form such dichotomies in and of themselves. Truly grasping wittig, as expressed here, is to become unilateral and sublime dissonance; stark and unflinching motion in its most repulsive form.
nisr__'s review against another edition
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
nia_abeni's review against another edition
5.0
i’ve never read anything like this before but god.. im so grateful i did.. ♥️
christie_evelyn's review
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Body horror, and Cannibalism
very_mellifluous's review
challenging
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
sailor_lee's review against another edition
4.5
Incredible writing, incredible book. Mix of erotic and gore and anatomic and mythologic and romantic and horrific and sensuality and crudity, and most importantly, lesbianity.
kiki_'s review against another edition
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
5.0
mahitdzmare's review
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.5
More of a sprawling work of consciousness than anything, super cannibalistic gory prose of the female body in the gaze of lesbian desire.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cannibalism, Body horror, and Gore
hippiequeen's review against another edition
dark
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0