A review by gracesbookss
Against Nature: A Novel by Joris-Karl Huysmans
2.0
1.5 Stars/5
I'm not going to tell everyone that they need to read this book, however, if you are a fan of The Picture of Dorian Gray, you might find Huysmans' novel Against Nature and interesting read. I spent my entire senior year of university writing a thesis on Dorian Gray so it was only natural that I would eventually pick up the novel that inspired Wilde's flamboyant character.
Now for the real stuff...this shit was boring. And depressing. You cant be depressing AND boring for me to give higher than 2 stars and HONESTLY, i am being nice with the rating.
I liked the imagery and the writing style but GOD this dude really did nothing the entire damn time like give us a break we are bored. It took me almost a MONTH to read this book which says a lot about how much I wanted to spend my time reading it.
I'm not going to tell everyone that they need to read this book, however, if you are a fan of The Picture of Dorian Gray, you might find Huysmans' novel Against Nature and interesting read. I spent my entire senior year of university writing a thesis on Dorian Gray so it was only natural that I would eventually pick up the novel that inspired Wilde's flamboyant character.
Now for the real stuff...this shit was boring. And depressing. You cant be depressing AND boring for me to give higher than 2 stars and HONESTLY, i am being nice with the rating.
I liked the imagery and the writing style but GOD this dude really did nothing the entire damn time like give us a break we are bored. It took me almost a MONTH to read this book which says a lot about how much I wanted to spend my time reading it.