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Liked It “Horribly disgusting but strangely illuminating. If you can handle the real sick shit in this book you can start to understand how it relates to the lesser forms of drama, the internet, anonymity, and the reality we live in this century.” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It “Very graphic, so definitely not for everyone” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Horribly disgusting but strangely illuminating. If you can handle the real sick shit in this book you can start to understand how it relates to the lesser forms of drama, the internet, anonymity, and the reality we live in this century.”
Alex R wrote this review Tuesday, November 16, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I didn't like this one as much as his others simply because of the email dialogue. ”
tmmercury wrote this review Sunday, September 27, 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“kinda hot, mostly gross. and kinda got repeatitive. but I still plan on reading some more of his work.”
Wayne E wrote this review Thursday, September 24, 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Stark, bleak, and hopeless. The most harrowing book I've ever read, and the only book which made me want to stop reading because of the sex and violence.”
lewis r wrote this review Thursday, September 3, 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Sick! in the bad old-school "this is some sick shit" negative connotation. But like Burroughs and Ellis, I gotta applaud Cooper for his guts. Cooper says: hey, who says I can't write about snuffing backstreet boy characters and castrating whores on the street, and spreading aids infection purposefully. Can't say this isn't Cooper's best, but I'm disturbed at the id of the author. I mean there's having a gay theme, and then there's having a gay on-line chat with creepy fetishists theme and frankly I'm frightened. On the other hand, though he profits from thrash-punk shock value, it's his uniquely clever narrative style that gets him through. Was surprised to see he was HUGE in the UK but then I figure he is infinitely more intelligent than Palahniuk, infinitely more disturbing than thrash metal, and when it's all over with, I'd hate to see Cooper set down his pen. I do not recommend this for anyone who doesn't hang out with my friend Bryan.”
Dave N wrote this review Friday, May 23, 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This is my favorite Dennis Cooper book that I've read. Everything from the concept of an online-reality to the terrifying twists in one's desperate search for acceptance keep pouring out like water in this work.
CoffeeCat wrote this review Wednesday, December 3, 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
If you haven't read Cooper before, get ready, no one writes like Cooper.”
“This book has a real murder mystery depth feel it, twists and turns like the 24 television programme. Such a description wouldn’t be the first thing one would normally associate with Dennis Cooper, but the subject matter that the intrigue is centred on will be familiar to his readers: hustlers, predators and snuff films. Through the medium of the internet chatrooms and web forums that make up the structure of this novel the reader tries to find a sense of narrative out of the anonymous bragging, embellishment, confessions, lying and trolling that many who have visited some of the more exciting web forums will be familiar with. The reader joins in on the eeking out of a truth from this world of sexdeathsupersports. ”
Bimbo wrote this review Monday, June 18, 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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