The 10 Least Sexy Books That Everyone Thinks Are Really Sexy (But Everyone Is Really Wrong)
We suppose, for the sake of full disclosure, that we number among those that don’t like this book at all, and have, in fact, been tempted to knock it out of the hands of those we see reading it on the subway. We feel like they’d thank us later, but we might be wrong. But even if you are one of those who love the book, how could anyone possibly find it sexy? This is the only book I can think of that makes a literal bacchanal—complete with blood sacrifice!—seem somewhat boring, if only because Tartt doesn’t really delve into what actually happened, preferring to spend endless pages on what it feels like to live in an unheated room in Vermont in the middle of winter. So, no, this book is not sexy. And we’re not even going to get into the incest angle, because, frankly, we’ve read a lot about Jaime and Cersei Lannister, and Charles and Camilla? You two are no Jaime and Cersei. Not at all.