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elmo2's review against another edition
challenging
dark
slow-paced
Sadly didn't like it much. Maybe it was the translation but it felt clunky in the bad way.
pearloz's review
4.0
Oh, what a difficult read, felt like a poem for the most part, set in paragraphs. The story is essentially brief, the narrative comprised of a few main events (with several "rapes" thrown in for good measure). The ending event was most striking and disturbing of all, and says a lot I think about the role of the woman in this book, that is, as a vessel for the man in ways both literal and figurative.
alicesvalentine's review
i get her point ale nie dałam rady doczytać do końca nwm ciężko strasnzie zrzygalam się prawie jak to czytalam
ohhunty's review
3.0
Jelinek to me really just vomits her extreme cynical and sarcastic thoughts whenever she can.
Since I was struggling with a bit of a heartbreak, her obsessive irony and nasty remarks helped me get through part of it. I love how truly disgusting she can make the interaction between men and women. She also has a talent for writing filthy sex scenes and than adding it with metaphors about capitalism.
I do have to say that sometimes I get lost and seem to not really grasp what the plot is. I have to reread some parts and then I’m back up to speed because sometimes I lose focus in her rants about society.
Since I was struggling with a bit of a heartbreak, her obsessive irony and nasty remarks helped me get through part of it. I love how truly disgusting she can make the interaction between men and women. She also has a talent for writing filthy sex scenes and than adding it with metaphors about capitalism.
I do have to say that sometimes I get lost and seem to not really grasp what the plot is. I have to reread some parts and then I’m back up to speed because sometimes I lose focus in her rants about society.
christie_evelyn's review
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Rape, Misogyny, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Domestic abuse
Minor: Child death and Child abuse
ritte_e's review against another edition
challenging
dark
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
The most excruciating book I ever read, and I did it because it's Jelinek's personal favorite among all her novels, apparently.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape
soupeatingpigeon's review against another edition
medium-paced
4.0
Very poetic but also very very very disgusting xD
fschulenberg's review
challenging
dark
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I really didn’t enjoy reading this book. It was intensely graphic in a deeply unnerving way. I do not recommend others to read it, though this is not to say that there isn’t literary value in Jelinek’s writing. Bought this book for 1500 HUf in Budapest.