Reviews tagging Animal death

História do Olho, by Dovid Bergelson, Joachim Neugroschel, Georges Bataille

7 reviews

tysuckz's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.75

I have to be honest and say that I didn't quite get the book in the same way everyone else seems to have and I thought the constant referring to have "raped" such and such was a bit distressing. I am not entirely sure if the word raped was used in the sense that it is used now, or if the author utilised it to describe having sex with Simone in a more dominant way? I feel as though he regularly used the word raped to describe having sex with others and whilst I don't doubt that the character was a rapist, I do think this word was used differently to how it would now be used. But maybe that's just me! 

Referring back to the not getting the book- I completely and utterly didn't and thought it was honestly so absurd. I did end up reading the little post-text , the completely freaky nature made more sense. I also enjoyed reading that info about the authors life! 

Having said that, it was VERY short, and VERY weird!! normally look for weird in books, but this was like next level freakishness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Animal death, Suicide attempt, Rape, and Suicide

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

Moderate: Racism

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

keona_aw's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, and Suicide

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Racism

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

Definitely an experience. Definitely something. In essence, Story of the Eye is a semi-surrealist stream of consciousness about debauchery for debauchery's sake, circling back over and over and over again to urine and eggs and testicles and so much...SO much weird sex. I find it VERY funny that this was Bataille's first work after leaving the Catholic church.

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Content Warnings

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

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

Minor: Vomit and Racism

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

erissa_lestrange's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Excrement, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Confinement, Gun violence, Murder, and Vomit

Minor: Incest and Violence

sbsin's review against another edition

it’s just so pointless 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Excrement, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Vomit