Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

L'histoire de L'oeil by Georges Bataille

8 reviews

alexiisreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

axel_p's review against another edition

dark funny 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? N/A

This book was absolutely hilarious

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Content Warnings

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

adventurous dark fast-paced

• 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

I would recommend it to fans of Clive Barker or Hellraiser.

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Content Warnings

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

benjaminwylie1'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

4.0

this bataille guy is kind of fucked up

makes you kind of question what the point of a novel is, wonderful prose but horrible thematically

average french person etc etc

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, Murder, and Sexual harassment

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

arsenic_'s review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

urlocalsleepparalysisdemon's review against another edition

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

0.25

I wish that I didn't read this. I wish that it made me feel any other way than vaguely uncomfortable. I'm not disgusted or disturbed because at some point my eyes just glazed over and I pushed through the reading just so I can delete the book off of my phone, knowing I was done with it forever. 

I hate every single person who's given this four or five stars because I think they're annoying and probably don't get invited to parties. Fuck you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Religious bigotry, and Dysphoria

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