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A review by tabula_risa
The Sluts by Dennis Cooper
challenging
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
God this book was heavy. A shockingly relevant examination of how the internet can create a whirlwind of misinterpretation and confusion, and how the internet as a form of communication distances us from the horrors we are enabling. It also captures the hopeless desolation of the AIDs epidemic— the violence depicted in the book feels at times like a reflection of the virus itself. All in al not a book I enjoyed reading but one that I will think about for a while. Not for the faint of heart.
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Pedophilia, Terminal illness, and Vomit
Minor: Homophobia and Abortion