Esas novelas malas que llegan a librerías
Con el tiempo existe cierto consenso de que obras son notables a pesar de la crítica de su época. Este topic es para hacerle lugar a esos libros "especiales", que no sólo son promedios con fama exagerada, sino que son malos malos rozando lo rídiculo (Juliette Society tier si les gusta más).
Sin ser los libros malos malos malos escritos por Sasha Grey o la negra de Shore no sé qué, uno que llegué a conocer recientemente y me pareció malo como pocos es
Todo libro tiene algo bueno, excepto éste. No sólo tiene una historia desastrosa sino que está también está escrito de manera desastrosa.
Cita:
In his bedroom, I hunt through a chest of drawers and find the hair dryer. Using my fingers, I dry my hair the best I can. When I’ve finished, I head into the bathroom.
I want to clean my teeth. I eye Christian’s toothbrush. It would be like having him in my mouth. Hmm… Glancing guiltily over my shoulder at the door, I feel the bristles on the toothbrush. They are damp. He must have used it already. Grabbing it quickly, I squirt toothpaste on it and brush my teeth in double quick time. I feel so naughty. It’s such a thrill
Cita:
I KNOW WHAT HE’S REALLY LIKE – YOU DON’T! – I scream at her in my head. I’m fully aware that her actions come from a good place, but sometimes she just oversteps the mark, and right now so far that she’s into the neighboring state. I scowl at her, and she pokes her tongue out at me…
Cita:
My subconscious is furious, medusa-like in her anger, hair flying, her hands clenched around her face like Edvard Munch’s Scream.
Algunos sitios webs recopilaron las frases repetitivas de este libro:
"Apparently others agree. One edgy reviewer took the time to count the repetitive, mind-numbing phrases. “Oh My!” is popular with 79 occurrences, not surprising given the content, I suppose. “Crap” (101) ,“Holy [expletive/fake swear]” (172), or “Jeez” (82) are the most popular curse words, and “Gasp(s)” (45), “Whoa” (13), or “Sharp Intake of Breath” (4) are key to the characters’ respiratory regimes. On every second page the character murmurs (207) or whispers (199), and they occasionally mutter (51). In an erotic novel it isn’t astounding that “lips” is popular (71 times), but “Inner goddess” is surprisingly common (58)—betraying what must be a deep, feminist book. We see this depth also from the frequent use of “Subconscious” (82 occurrences). Fortunately, “medulla oblongata” and “yucky” are only used once, but the tall, dark, handsome stranger is thrice described as “yummy” (or “delicious” another three times)."