Baise-Moi (Rape Me)
by Virginie Despentes
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Author: Virginie DespentesTranslator: Bruce Benderson
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-02
ISBN: 0802138705
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Grove Press
Book Reviews of Baise-Moi (Rape Me)
Book Review: Completely Unsuccessful
Summary: 1 Stars
This book is horribly written. I thought it would say something new about the first-world culture, about how women and men are both capable of enjoying sex, that S/M can be a positive thing. I was so wrong. This book says nothing, nothing, nothing at all, and it says it for about 230 pages. The kill-sex-kill-sex routine gets old fast. The main characters are so flat and lifeless that it's impossible to care about them. At first I wondered if the translation was the problem, but it's really the fact that Virginie Despentes cannot tell a decent story to save her life.The movie got a lot of press because it starred porn actresses in the lead roles and only the violence was simulated. You should also know that Baise-moi most accurately translates not to "Rape Me", but to "F..k Me" (as an amazon.com reviewer, I'm not allowed to curse). That's about all you need to know about this book. It's not stylish, nihilistic, or groundbreaking - it's just mindnumbingly boring, badly written, and ultimately pointless.
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