Reviews tagging Excrement

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, by Patrick Süskind

11 reviews

torilara's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Pedophilia, Cannibalism, and Violence

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, Excrement, War, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

meaghanelizabook's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Excrement, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, and Body horror

maess's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Murder, Violence, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Classism, Death, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, and Torture

sofipitch's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.5

I liked how sensual the book was, and I'm a fan of the magical realism genre so I do like that story telling style. But there was also a lot I didn't like about the book. I almost put it down after first picking it up because I felt like the way Grenouille was written was ableist. He isn't explicitly disabled but some of the things intended to make him scary just feel like describing an autistic person. But I gave this book the benefit of the doubt but then encountered casual racism, in the use of the word "n-word-ly" used in the narrative, there's another racist section about the Romanian and jewish ppl, which might have been on purpose by the author to show how stupid the thinking in 1700s France was, but it's hard to tell and at this point the author is getting a LOT of benefit of the doubt. There's also the fact that no female character even talks, they mostly just serve to get murdered and aren't described unless to fetishize their beauty, which just rubbed me the wrong way. The pace of the book also made no sense, the climax and falling action just felt really anti-climactic and poorly thought out. A lot of the action and what's described in this book seems just for shock value rather than having any literary merit. I like the writing style and the setting but I think if that were taken away it's just meh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Suicide, Violence, Murder, Cannibalism, and Stalking

Moderate: Excrement and Misogyny

Minor: Racial slurs and Antisemitism

jaiari12's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Injury/injury detail, Murder, Animal death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Excrement and Misogyny

emmaslibrary's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Gore, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, and Violence

r0se's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Stalking, Body horror, Excrement, Pedophilia, Animal cruelty, and Child abuse

Moderate: Ableism, Sexual content, Abortion, Incest, and Animal death

Minor: Abortion, Torture, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Death

samalabaster's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Murder, Animal death, and Child death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Excrement, and Death of parent

Minor: Pedophilia

hiruandon's review

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Animal death

Minor: Sexual content, Excrement, and Cursing

glitter's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• 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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Violence

Moderate: Excrement, Torture, and Misogyny

Minor: Xenophobia