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Liked It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “I read this at a relatively young age and am still affected by it. It is truly a monstrous book but it is also extremely good and interesting. But if there is one book that isn't for everybody, this is it. Don't pick up a book (ANY book) with Sade's name on it and then whine about how disturbing...” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It “The short stories were O.K. There were full of sick twists. 120 Days of Sodom however, was like reading a checklist of depravities. It hardly qualified as a story. We did this, buggered that, she died, he stank, they came, the end.” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“The short stories were O.K. There were full of sick twists. 120 Days of Sodom however, was like reading a checklist of depravities. It hardly qualified as a story. We did this, buggered that, she died, he stank, they came, the end.”
Russell G wrote this review Wednesday, September 30 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“A friend read this in college. And I was reading a book that mentioned this particular book, so I read it. To say it's distrubing and grotesque is to put it mildly. To label this as erotica and or to say that this is a type of "kink" is just ignorant. The raping and torturing of children and toddlers, not to mention women in general is psychologically perverse and sick. It makes me think of child predators that fuel their imagination by readings such as this. To "see" into the mind of a person such as this "intersting?" I think not. It was banned then and it should be banned now. I'm sorry I picked it up. I won't be reading anything of his ever.”
morrighan m wrote this review Wednesday, August 12 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Este libro puede provocar en el lector excitación y horror durante el desarrollo de la lectura, eso lo hace magnífico.
Mariana JO wrote this review Tuesday, June 30 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
¿Se cree usted un ser tan puro y libre de perversiones que son tan humanas como cualquiera de nosotros? jajaja pendejo...”
“what a very disturbing book. i actually enjoyed Sade's criticisms of the novel and the story of Florville and Courval (this had a very shocking ending). 120 Days of Sodom though was too much for my taste. At first it was quite interesting how Sade described all the characters but his detail were too much. Too much details became a little boring for me after a few pages. Once the "orgies" began to happen and the four veteran prostitutes began to tell their stories then i became a little sick. I was horrified of the delight these four main villain characters had in deflouring boys and girls, sodomizing three year old girls, and ripping the flesh off of one of their own daughters. This book is not for the weak of heart because it is very gruesome. Read it at your own risk!”
Vonnie wrote this review Saturday, August 30 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No1 of 1 members found this review helpful“I read this at a relatively young age and am still affected by it. It is truly a monstrous book but it is also extremely good and interesting. But if there is one book that isn't for everybody, this is it. Don't pick up a book (ANY book) with Sade's name on it and then whine about how disturbing it is. I suppose the coprophilia went on a little too long but it was interesting none the less. It might make me a sick individual (or whatever) but this book is in my top 10 favorites. I think it was Bataille who called this "the book that dominates all books". Well, he was right on the money. ”
Jesse H wrote this review Monday, December 22 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“De Sade wrote "120 Days of Sodom" while imprisoned in the Bastille; released, he failed to recover the manuscript, which was only rediscovered and published in 1935. De Sade regarded the book -- which was unfinished -- as his masterpiece, and spent the rest of his life unsuccessfully trying to recreate it.
Gary R wrote this review Thursday, December 27 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
So what kind of a book is it? It's certainly not erotica, unless your tastes are very recherche. (Coprophilia is the leitmotif.) As "philosophy in the bedroom" (title of another of de Sade's books) it's pretty much a failure; no one could possibly live the life it advocates (or does it advocate?), and there's no place in it for mutual pleasure -- or for self-actualizing women. Perhaps the real message appears on the very first page, where the protagonists are described as war profiteers, "those bloodsuckers who are always on the watch for public calamities, which, instead of appeasing, they promote or invent so as, precisely, to be able to profit from them more advantageously." It's important, as a reader wades through what follows, to bear always in mind the brand that de Sade stamped his protagonists with at the very start.”
“I don't know why the surrealists were so into De Sade. Or actually maybe I do. Anyhoo, certainly anyone who takes De Sade's "philosophy" at all seriously should be treated quite delicately as they probably also go to Renaissance fairs or (worse) like those horrible melting clocks by Dali. Still, I'm glad I read this since (without meaning to) he provided some great metaphors for cultural phenomena. Also, there are a lot of art writers who blather on about him (in that tertiary source kind of way) as if he were a truly intelligent man and it's nice to know why they should seriously shut up.”
Ariell F wrote this review Tuesday, April 1 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I choose this one randomly, cause any of his books are fantastic.
Taxidermist wrote this review Monday, November 19 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
The biggest pervert in entire history, didn't give up till the end.
MUST
LOVE
HIM.
=)”
“Brilliant! Unlike any other book you'll ever read. Though it's a fetish-erotica themed book it's not smut. Very intelligent, insightful and philosophical.
shadowpuppet wrote this review Friday, July 27 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Spend 120 days within the heart of passion and desire.”
