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lilitherary's review
literally as the title says, murder if one appreciates it as a connoisseur of the arts, if you could look at murder at a gallery and talk about it as an art piece.
pretty interesting, though i was thinking it would be about how murder was aestheticized within art throughout the ages.
pretty interesting, though i was thinking it would be about how murder was aestheticized within art throughout the ages.
joyceontheroad's review
3.0
It was a quick read, yet not my favorite. The pace was good, yet the overall reading did require some attention to historical references.
avnaerrdy's review
3.0
I just am not well versed enough in history and philosophy to really be able to appreciate most of the points made... But the bits I did get I tended to enjoy
barney_hay's review
dark
funny
slow-paced
2.5
I’m sure for very well read people this would be much funnier. I found some bits amusing, however for the most part just a bit of a slog.
atrollreads's review
It is incredibly dry and boring. It might be my state of mind though so I may give it another shot later.
a_lex_reads's review
3.0
"I'll play the part of a whetstone, which sharpens iron, but is itself unable to cut" - Horace. A sharp and twisty piece of writing, funny in its bleakness, worry, and Victorian morals. I think it draws a good observation of humanity's continuing fascination with the disturbing and how in our desire to understand it, we can end up deifying it.