Books Reviewed:
Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare
Known as the English bard’s most violent play, “Titus Andronicus” had all the foul elements to be right up my alley. As a lover of the horror genre in all its forms, a tale filled with dismemberment, filicide, abduction, murder, tongue-cutting, adultery, beheadings, throat-slashings, and regicide should have made me quiver with terror. While I enjoyed it, I was not moved by the ceaseless calamities nor by Shakespeare’s less than usually stellar dialogue.…
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The Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille
Written in 1928 and denounced as blasphemous, The Story of the Eye by French author Georges Bataille, straddles the line between horror and sex in a manner that would offend most readers, both 100 years in the past and in today’s modern era.…
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman Capote
Breakfast at Tiffany’s is actually Truman Capote’s collection of one novella and three short stories. As such, the book should be rated for all tales included, which were underwhelming. Over the years, I’ve lost my tolerance for pretentious writing, and despite Capote’s earthiness, never once did I shake that feeling of pretentiousness.…
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Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Tess of the d’Urbervilles is an exquisite work of art by Thomas Hardy…There are classic works that have touched me intensely so that I rejoice in their splendid perfection.…
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