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Venus in Furs by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
4.0

A guy glanced at me suspiciously at the uni cafeteria when he saw what I was reading. I had an extremely hard time keeping a straight face :P

Krhm, anyway, I pretty much loved this. Well... As in I am not into kinkyness but I liked the flickering dream atmosphere where art had an important role. The beginning especially was gorgeous and the themes of savageness, dreaming, love, cruelty and wearing fur were very interesting. I just wish Severin had more guts to actually take everything he got from Wanda instead of complaining she was too cruel. Be careful what you wish for or stay quiet.

Pleasure alone makes existence worthwhile. A pleasure-seeker has a difficult time parting from life.