Reviews

And the Ass Saw the Angel by Nick Cave

kassiani's review against another edition

Solid writing style but I had trouble getting into the story - to pick up again later.

angie_dutton's review

4.0

One of those books I read as a teenager and felt like it was "the best and most intense thing evah! Nick Cave is so cool!" and leafing through it now it really is the peak of all his creative achievements. Everything he's done before and since totally pales to this. Eucrid Eucrow is the truest ideal of Nick Cave's entire mission statement... which is basically to have jet black hair, talk like a cowboy and beat up "bitches". Only one of those things has Nick Cave managed to achieve in real life, but Eucrid Eucrow has them all.

pike_k's review against another edition

1.0

I wouldn't say I'm that sensitive to gore or any other nasty stuff but this was wayy too much in so many ways. Sorry Mr. Cave but reading this book isn't worth it.

clbonni03's review

challenging dark mysterious slow-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

pershephone's review against another edition

4.0

eu:mama ce imi place ,mai buna decat urmasa ei
eu intre timp fiind constienta ca a scris-o in perioada cea mai lowest pentru el psihic ...cate droguri a luat si cum se simtea ca un mare jeg..
primele doua parti hai mai merge se observa o subtilitate de macabru ,dar la a treia, inca de pe prima pagina ...
blank face ..
am impresia ca am trecut prin mintea unul criminal in serie care si-a varsat tot pe niste casete inregistrate si ascunse de el si doar dupa moarte i-a dat indicii politiei unde sa le gaseasca..

laura_bower's review against another edition

5.0

I think it really helps if you're a Nick Cave fan, because I couldn't help but read this all in his voice. It's almost like he's sat in the room with you. If you hate Nick Cave then I'm sure this would be quite trying. Interesting that this was originally intended to be a film, can't imagine what that would be like. It's cool that it's the least mature Cave can be as well, lots of senseless violence, animal cruelty, rape, etc. This was written during peak Cave when he was living in Berlin and was still on the drugs (I think).

zordrac's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

3.0

webbmoem's review against another edition

dark slow-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

4.25

Always skeptical of books written by songwriters specifically (Cohen I will never forgive you for Beautiful Losers), but while there was maybe some pacing or form / structure issues, the prose is beautiful and dark and horrible and compelling

haphazardreads's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-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? Yes

I couldn’t give this book a start rating if I tried. This is a book that defies rating. Nick Cave is a writer par exellence, his mastery of lanague, his skill as a lyricist, his ability to manifest imagery is second to none. And yet in this small novel he has bent his ability to the crafting of the most vile story I have yet read. This book is amazing but it is truely awful. 

pajalapak's review

dark medium-paced

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

5.0