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lief_'s review against another edition
dark
reflective
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Sexual harassment
mme_carton's review against another edition
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
Minor: War
blanquiblue2's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
AnaÏs Nin's Delta of Venus is a collection of beautifully written erotic short stories. Her prose is vibrant and sensuous, and through it, she explores the various avenues of female sexuality. Most of her stories, however, are hard to read since they do not deal with healthy sexual relationships. Rather, they all involve some sort of toxic or taboo relationship and/or fetish, from incest to necrophilia. Nin conjures dazzling scenes and sexual encounters that one could never have fathomed, both for their creativity and surrealism and for their dark nature. She distracts us with her alluring words from the perversions of the scenes she is describing, trying to beautify things that we consider shocking as a society. Her work is definitely one of the most interesting things I have read so far, not only because her writing style is mesmerising but because she contrasts it with situations we consider to be revolting, treading very thinly on what is permissible and questioning the moral boundaries of the society we inhabit.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Sexual harassment