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This is the first book that I have struggled to sink into. The language was so dense and the fact that every line matters makes is hard to happily read the novel. However, this book is intence and provocative. Don't we all venture into the darkness? Haven't we all experienced the facination of an abomination? What's savage? What's civilised? Do we live in the wilderness or does the wilderness live inside us? Do the restraints we all have restrict our freedom and only make us pleasant for society
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The writing is almost seductive, salacious in its beauty. Delicate, graceful, gossamer.
I could not help thinking, "Where the hell has writing gone?" Well, modern writing is more vibrant, visceral, emotive. But... oh! the word choice! the vocabulary! ...more
I could not help thinking, "Where the hell has writing gone?" Well, modern writing is more vibrant, visceral, emotive. But... oh! the word choice! the vocabulary! ...more
Jun 11, 2012
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Jun 14, 2014
Gretchen
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