Yuck
I was looking over some one-shots I've previously read recently and reminding myself of the works of various authors, and coming back to this "Yuck" is still my exact feeling.
I think I generally still feel the way I did the first time I read this, and sure the whole point is to make a person feel grossed out but that doesn't make me enjoy it or appreciate it. Some people think this is a work of art because it makes them grossed out, but to me it's like putting something rotten in a blender and putting it on a plate. Though I should say I don't want to convince anyone to dislike the work, and I'm not going to be convinced to like it myself. I'm only wanting to express my personal thoughts, and it was interesting to re-read this years later. It's definitely not for me, and I think my feelings are even further cemented now that I've engaged with the legal system in real life since my original reading, and seeing some very disturbing abusive relationships in real life that required legal intervention. It only made me hate works like this more. Especially as works like this take me to an awful place mentally, and that's all I'll say.
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