Title: An unworthy subject
Product review: Brite writes beautifully. That said, the subject of this book is so ugly and depraved and its characters so loathsome, that I honestly can't see any reason for anyone to read this.I honestly have no issue with authors sexualizing violence to a degree, as this is part of the human experience for some people. But this book is just a bridge too far. If you are interested in grotesque violence as pornography, then this is your book. But my opinion is that the world can be an ugly and depraved enough place without literature that lovingly festishizes these elements. It's one thing to describe and try to understand the horrors of the human experience, but it's a whole other thing to hold them up and pay homage to them.
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