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Against Nature: A Novel by Joris-Karl Huysmans

bexlrose's review against another edition

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1.0

Pretentiously verbose, I spent more time looking up words that I didn't know than I did enjoying any sort of plot. Partly because there were a fuck-tonne of words I didn't know and partly because there was no plot. 'Theoretical musings on everyday life in an exceedingly grandiose manner' would be my soundbite-summing-up of this book. If you ever need to read words on a page without taking anything in, perhaps for mindfulness or sleep, I recommend this book, an aide to sleep if ever I read one. 200 pages of pretentious condescending wank that took me 3 weeks to read because I just didn't want to. This has severely impacted my reading time and I'm not happy about it. 1 star. If I was in a generous mood I'd give it another half for all the words I learnt but I'm not so I won't.

12546darcy7890's review against another edition

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2.0

I gave up somewhere in the middle of chapter 12, there were parts that I enjoyed and the main character is interesting he's kind of like this eccentric arsehole hermit but it's mostly just like a really long list of shit this guy has brought which just isn't fun to read.

lemonbugs's review against another edition

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reflective 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

2.0

what the hell did i just read

bel69's review against another edition

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informative mysterious tense slow-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

4.5

cynam0nka's review against another edition

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slow-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

ebbisi's review against another edition

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emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

workingfortheknife's review against another edition

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4.5

i forgot everything about it the second i finished it which is how most books of this caliber should be in my opinion

bolognio108's review against another edition

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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? It's complicated

2.0

berrycherry's review against another edition

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Read only the chapters I had to read for my class

misty_muskrat's review against another edition

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challenging informative sad

2.25

A book of lists, thought up by a character who is boring, classist, sexist, racist and allowed to be so weird and cruel because of his wealth.