Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Sexual content, Sexual violence, RapeModerate
Animal death, Animal cruelty, SuicideMinor
Incest, Racism, AbleismCommunity Reviews
Summary of 886 reviews
Moods
challenging 59%
tense 22%
reflective 18%
emotional 8%
mysterious 6%
adventurous 5%
funny 5%
sad 5%
relaxing 1%
Pace
medium 21%
slow 9%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 47% | Plot: 22% | A mix: 18% | N/A: 10%Strong character development?
No: 58% | It's complicated: 27% | Yes: 8% | N/A: 6%Loveable characters?
No: 78% | It's complicated: 17% | N/A: 1% | Yes: 1%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 81% | It's complicated: 10% | N/A: 6% | Yes: 2%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 63% | It's complicated: 26% | No: 6% | N/A: 4%Average rating
103 pages | first published 1928
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ISBN/UID: None
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Publication date: 06 May 2001
Description
Only Georges Bataille could write, of an eyeball removed from a corpse, that "the caress of the eye over the skin is so utterly, so extraordinarily gentle, and the sensation is so bizarre that it has something of a rooster's horrible crowing." Bat...Book Information
Story of the Eye
Georges Bataille with Dovid Bergelson (Translator), Joachim Neugroschel (Translator)
103 pages | first published 1928
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ISBN/UID: None
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Publication date: 06 May 2001
Description
Only Georges Bataille could write, of an eyeball removed from a corpse, that "the caress of the eye over the skin is so utterly, so extraordinarily gentle, and the sensation is so bizarre that it has something of a rooster's horrible crowing." Bat...Book information
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Sexual content, Sexual violence, RapeModerate
Animal death, Animal cruelty, SuicideMinor
Incest, Racism, AbleismCommunity Reviews
Summary of 886 reviews
Moods
challenging 59%
tense 22%
reflective 18%
emotional 8%
mysterious 6%
adventurous 5%
funny 5%
sad 5%
relaxing 1%
Pace
medium 21%
slow 9%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 47% | Plot: 22% | A mix: 18% | N/A: 10%Strong character development?
No: 58% | It's complicated: 27% | Yes: 8% | N/A: 6%Loveable characters?
No: 78% | It's complicated: 17% | N/A: 1% | Yes: 1%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 81% | It's complicated: 10% | N/A: 6% | Yes: 2%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 63% | It's complicated: 26% | No: 6% | N/A: 4%Average rating