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A review by sssummer
On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts by Thomas De Quincey
4.0
This was cute! And pretty fun. It's definitely good satire and is honestly more relevant than ever considering shows nowadays like Hannibal or My Favourite Murder.
I liked most of the references to philosophers and how they twisted their words/morality, (for an example, the famous Kant maxim of honesty that stipulates if a murder asks you where someone is you must answer honestly and point them in the right direction. The society in this piece argues they are even so moral as to go a step further and help apprehend the target.)
My deduction of a star is perhaps a bit unfair, but I did find as a subjective experience a lot of references and some of the language went over my head. A lot of the jokes I didn't get is probably because I'm missing historical context. I would love for someone to make a modern version of this piece.
I liked most of the references to philosophers and how they twisted their words/morality, (for an example, the famous Kant maxim of honesty that stipulates if a murder asks you where someone is you must answer honestly and point them in the right direction. The society in this piece argues they are even so moral as to go a step further and help apprehend the target.)
My deduction of a star is perhaps a bit unfair, but I did find as a subjective experience a lot of references and some of the language went over my head. A lot of the jokes I didn't get is probably because I'm missing historical context. I would love for someone to make a modern version of this piece.