Description from Goodreads
Baise-Moi is one of the most controversial French novels of recent years, a punk fantasy that takes female rage to its outer limits. Now the basis for a hit underground film which was banned in France, Baise-Moi is a searing story of two women on a rampage that is part Thelma and Louise, part Viking conquest. Manu and Nadine have had all they can take. Manu has been brutally raped, and determines it's not worth leaving anything precious lying vulnerable -- including her very self. She teams up with Nadine, a nihilist who watches pornography incessantly, and they enact their own version of les vols et les viols (rape and pillage) -- they lure men sexually, use them up, then rob and kill them. Drawing from the spiky cadences of the Sex Pistols and the murderous eroticism of Georges Bataille or Dennis Cooper, Baise-Moi is a shocking, accomplished, and truly unforgettable novel.My Thoughts on the Book
Baise-Moi is a messed up book for sure, with some even more messed up characters and sadly, it was inspired by the author's own rape. The book is thought-provoking, gory, in your face, and in a (good) way, a "rape and revenge"-story. Baise-Moi is basically a "good for her" book. Although Manu and Nadine are messed up and broken characters, one still roots for them, even with all the violence in it.
Baise-Moi is obviously not for the faint of heart, but it's still a good book worth the read.
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