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A review by spectracommunist
Confessions of an English Opium Eater by Thomas De Quincey
3.0
Penguin Great Ideas: 7/100, Series Four: 1/10
The part which I felt captivating and interesting was the Pains of Opium as the last sections. Most of this book is filled with English Gossips and Victorian babbling with greek quotes. What I expected was either some kind of spirituality on one end or the loathing of the other end but that was so lacking and incoherent. It's like a newspaper article and was actually made for that, there are events and facts and less to ponder about.
The part which I felt captivating and interesting was the Pains of Opium as the last sections. Most of this book is filled with English Gossips and Victorian babbling with greek quotes. What I expected was either some kind of spirituality on one end or the loathing of the other end but that was so lacking and incoherent. It's like a newspaper article and was actually made for that, there are events and facts and less to ponder about.