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Historia De O (1981)

by Guido Crepax(Favorite Author)

3.41 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Graphic Novels & Comics

publisher

Lumen

review 1: The edition I read is not shown here. A recent paperback.I had high expectations of this book given its long history, but I was ultimately very disappointed by the book.It helps to know that the book was apparently written by a woman who wrote BDSM type stories for her boyfriend who wanted such a relationship with her. She, however, was not interested and wrote about the subject for him, instead, maybe as a means of compensation for not complying with his desires.This explains alot when it comes to assessing how the novel was written.Firstly there's the problem with substance being lost in translation. From French into English. The whole style is stilted as a result. It doesn't translate well. Pages are blocked into just one paragraph. Sentences go on forever and do not re... moread well.Most importantly, however, is that it is clear that the writer does not understand anything at all about BDSM relationships. We have a woman who is effectively abducted, beaten and gang-raped, then passed on to someone else to use by her boyfriend. There is no talk of her feelings or emotions during any of this. It is all action and no substance. All she ever says is 'I love you' which is meaningless in this context. The woman is presented as an object throughout not as someone who is willingly participating.I may have missed something by finishing about halfway though, but I doubt it. One of the few occasions that I haven't completed a read.Ultimately it was boring and I wouldn't recommend it.
review 2: I liked this book (thus the 3 stars, duh). It was a page-turner, exploring O's transformation and how she found power in her submission. Often I found myself thinking, you don't have to take that! But then I reminded myself that she really chose every bit of it. She became a masochist with attitude, which was a neat twist, and very enlightening.The details didn't do it for me. It's not my flavor of erotica, but I appreciated the level of explanation. Despite its erotic tone, it also brings out all kinds of emotions: outrage and anger, sadness and humor, joy and concern. That makes a good book in _any_ genre. less

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