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capote65's review against another edition
challenging
dark
tense
slow-paced
2.0
While I don’t regret reading this book and I found it fascinating to read an alternative perspective from a time when that was much harder to do, maybe de Sade could’ve shut his fat mouth a little more. Interesting takes on religion and how Nature influences us and our relationship to it but boy was he a proto-incel who only got any because he had power over unprotected people. A lot of the time, his writing comes across as a man trying to convince the world (and himself) that his fucked up tastes are universal. Yeah, no. Most of this should’ve stayed in the drafts
fullmooneaters's review against another edition
2.0
So I was doing research for a story I am writing and decided to read philosophy in the bedroom, and some of De Sade’s other works to put me in the mind of a debauched domination obsessed sex pest. I had to put it down. My project is abandoned. God is dead.
I promise I tried to get though it, but every time I thought about how that one girl was underage, I had to hold back vomit. Every time it was mentioned I kept saying “she’s not underage just pretend she’s not underage so you can get though the damn book, she’s not underage don’t think about it don’t acknowledge that line or that line or that word or that sentence, just get though it you can do it” and I just, I couldn’t. Sorry my guy, I just couldn’t.
I really try not to put books down. Hell, I even indulge in books that make me feel disgusting. I love those nasty, gross, uncomfortable, depressing, etc. feelings you get. I revel in them. That’s my favorite kind of literature. Ones that make you feel slimy. But even freaks like me have to draw the line somewhere. And this is where I draw the line.
I promise I tried to get though it, but every time I thought about how that one girl was underage, I had to hold back vomit. Every time it was mentioned I kept saying “she’s not underage just pretend she’s not underage so you can get though the damn book, she’s not underage don’t think about it don’t acknowledge that line or that line or that word or that sentence, just get though it you can do it” and I just, I couldn’t. Sorry my guy, I just couldn’t.
I really try not to put books down. Hell, I even indulge in books that make me feel disgusting. I love those nasty, gross, uncomfortable, depressing, etc. feelings you get. I revel in them. That’s my favorite kind of literature. Ones that make you feel slimy. But even freaks like me have to draw the line somewhere. And this is where I draw the line.
nagi_mahori's review against another edition
5.0
Uno de los libros que mas me impacto, y aun sigo releyendo. La critica mordaz de Sade en todo su esplendor.
olichoreno's review against another edition
3.0
Jean Luc Godard believes in the infinite left, this book is proof of the limits that time has removed from the list of taboos, as well as those that will remain there for many more years
ramblingbard's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
susanlepp's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
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
3.0
kathykekmrs's review against another edition
1.0
I did not like this book. I found it very hard to read because of the sexually explicit content. I personally could never be a libertine because the whole idea of sodomy just disgusts me. Bisexual orgies I find extremely revolting and so this book took much longer to read than I had anticipated. The ripping open of a person's anus is just one act that I find completely reprehensible. The sexual acts are supposed to bring a husband and wife together. These passions are expected to be bridled so that children conceived will no that they are loved and wanted. These particular novels did not show husbands that loved their wives rather the few married men written about were into debauchery and incest. Children were not wanted and that was why sodomy of women was permitted because than there was no threat of pregnancy. Virtue is not rewarded in these novels, but rather severely punished by consistent rape and other forms of abuse. I am aware that de Sade is the reason for the term "sado-masochism. I personally do not believe that sex needs to involve pain,nor do I believe that homosexuality is normal. That may go against today's political thinking, but I need to stick with what I believe. I would not recommend this book.
snailsforlove's review against another edition
3.0
I loved the Dialogue so much, and I love that they include it in this compilation. This was more a teaser for me than any real sense of "having read" de Sade, but it was good to narrow down what I was interested in reading more of. Philosophy-yes. Justine-no.