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A review by ourtempsuprvsr
The Marbled Swarm by Dennis Cooper
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
4.5
An exceptional book, in every sense of the word.
For all that, this is a beautiful novel about the most grimmest acts imaginable. It is *utterly* revolting, and continually challenges and questions the reader about their complicity in the actions of the narrator.
It is a novel of ellipses and elisions, made more important that it is expressly a novel about language, and language's effect on our brains and culture.
It is a very troubling book. It reminds me of Lolita - a book emphatically not for everyone, especially not those affected by the content discussed within. For all that, though, it diagnoses and drags into the light the profoundly violent and sexual roots of certain accepted social behaviours.
Not for everyone, probably barely for anyone.
For all that, this is a beautiful novel about the most grimmest acts imaginable. It is *utterly* revolting, and continually challenges and questions the reader about their complicity in the actions of the narrator.
It is a novel of ellipses and elisions, made more important that it is expressly a novel about language, and language's effect on our brains and culture.
It is a very troubling book. It reminds me of Lolita - a book emphatically not for everyone, especially not those affected by the content discussed within. For all that, though, it diagnoses and drags into the light the profoundly violent and sexual roots of certain accepted social behaviours.
Not for everyone, probably barely for anyone.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest, Sexual assault, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail