Eunuchs and Nymphomaniacs

by Anonymous

You’ve never seen romance do this before. So brutally honest and breathtakingly perverse you’ll want to throw this book at the wall, but you’ll also want to know if it can possibly get any more disturbing. (It can and it does). And as you start to wonder whether men and women were ever even meant to be together a surprise ending brings the trilogy full circle and provides unexpected closure to an issue raised by a certain photographer's assistant in the first book. Eunuchs and Nymphomaniacs is about how we love today and how increasingly we try to avoid it altogether.

Genres: Fiction, Poetry, Contemporary, Horror, Young Adult, Summer, Literary Fiction

ebook

First published October 15, 2019

About the author

Books can be attributed to "Anonymous" for several reasons:

* They are officially published under that name
* They are traditional stories not attributed to a specific author
* They are religious texts not generally attributed to a specific author

Books whose authorship is merely uncertain should be attributed to Unknown.

See also: Anonymous

Reviews

[sawah · Rating 1 out of 5]

*zero stars
im so glad i finished this book because it means i no longer have to listen to this raving misogynist spurt his bullshit<3

[Ariana · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is crap. I’m sorry I wasted my time reading it. Even sorrier I purchased it and lined the pockets of the author/pimp who wrote it. I feel duped, which the author would probably delight in hearing.

[onion64 · Rating 1 out of 5]

worst book i’ve ever read. i hope the author gets kicked in the testicles so hard that they explode

[Alex · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eunuchs and Nymphomaniacs is definitely the third and last book in a series. Generally I liked the story and Anonymous' writing style throughout the book, however, my biggest problem with the book as a whole is that 2/3 of it are about this guy winging over his ex. This book is the longest in a series and I was only slightly annoyed over the fact that it felt like it had the least information in it. But yknow, it was good. 3/5

[Madeline Wilcox · Rating 1 out of 5]

this is the most misogyny I've ever encountered in a book. the only redeeming factor was the author's brutal honesty about being the biggest piece of shit. at least he's self aware... I guess?

[KC · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am the female version of you. Sad, but true. Women often can be as manipulative and bitter. I’d love to talk with you. To give you a woman’s perspective.

[radish ! · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's kind of crazy how captivated this book kept me when I despised the author and most of the material within it. Every few years the title of anonymous's books get me, I start reading, and only realize after about 20 pages exactly who's journey I've been sucked into - and by then, it's too late to stop. I read Diary of an Oxygen Thief about 5 years ago and didn't really understand or like it. I reread early 2021, along with Chameleon in a Candy Store, and disliked it even more. So why did I decide to read a follow up of sorts by the same author concluding this unsavory trilogy? Who fucking knows.

Things that made me audibly gag throughout this story:
- an entire page and a half of detailed writing about a dog licking some dude's "nasty sweat filled crevices between the toes"
- the pure 'self-aware' misogyny throughout the entire book, as if admitting to being a prick somehow makes it better or more tolerable
- how much crying this dude does. like. if I had a dollar for every time he mentioned his newfound love for weeping, I'd have enough money to shell out some cash for his book directly off a new york street corner.

all in all, if there's one thing I can praise this book for, it's the honest and unabashedly male view of the world and all of the residents within it. A wonderful take on a narcissistic asshole's outlook on life and other's motives. I do give kudos to anonymous's blunt, ridiculously honry, pessimistic outlook on life. A fitting end to a shitty, self-indulgent, somehow brilliant trilogy.

[Kieren · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nicely written but ultimately pointless.

[Catchik · Rating 2 out of 5]

You would think that this trilogy would carry its readers from the first book, 'Diary of Oxygen Thief', to the third book smoothly - but it doesn't. It's a disappointment. The original, unique flavour of the first book is completely lost in this third instalment due to repetitive sex scenes. The reader is introduced to so many disposable characters whose sex with the narrator is described exactly the same each time. Not only that, but a good 60% of the plot is wasted on the narrator wallowing in self-pity over a lover from the second book.

The few times I enjoyed this book was when the narrator described his experiences as a street vendor.

Other than that, expect to have your brain a total mush by the time you've slugged through 290 pages of erotica.

[Kayla Krantz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Snarky, hilarious, and brutally honest.

“I’m sorry…” I said, referring to my very existence.

I’ve never related to a quote more in my life.

Like the previous two installments in the series, Anonymous takes us on more of his truthful exploits into his everyday life. Staying anonymous becomes much harder when you’re a successful author. Between his book life and adventures in trying to get Marian back into his life, the author is trying new things, expanding his reach. As always, the book is a rollercoaster of sexual experience and emotions, but the unfiltered thoughts and actions of our MC make it all the more compelling.

[mira choueifaty · Rating 1 out of 5]

dnf. this book was very difficult to get through. i tried my best because i was already 2 books deep into the series but it’s just so annoying and gross the way the main character talks about women. i knew what i was getting myself into with the first book but i was not expecting this one to be as dehumanizing as it was.

[Delaney Jane · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was basically Anonymous being a pervert & writing down all of his thoughts. It was boring, and almost impossible to finish. I understand the premise of why it had to be this way but it was still insufferable.

[kaci ♡ · Rating 1 out of 5]

book sucks ass

[Guillermo Contreras · Rating 2 out of 5]

✨✨ men are pigs ✨✨

[Angus McKeogh · Rating 4 out of 5]

These certainly aren’t high literature but they are well written. The give insight into the way the male mind works and in an indirect way they detail the inner workings of a man in love within a toxic relationship. Not as audacious as it might appear. This one might’ve been the worst of the three overall, but honestly I’ve read them so far apart it’s difficult to rate them in comparison.

[suna · Rating 1 out of 5]

i would never burn a book… except for this one

[Milk · Rating 3 out of 5]

The hatred folks have for this series is fascinating. It's probably not misplaced, given the raw language and utterly disturbing view of the protagonist within, but it is fascinating.

I have adored this series since I first happened upon it in the mainstream bookstore on a shopping spree. Something about the hilarious front cover, the anonymous author and the first line just grabbed me.

I'd never come across anything like it before. It stepped outside of politeness, of humanity even, and instead was a crass and scathing honest look at how this asshole feels. No pleasantries or boundaries. Just raw asshole.

The final instalment was good. Not as good as the first or second titles, despite being a meatier read of almost 300 pages. But it was still almost 300 pages that I consumed in less than 48 hours - simply couldn't put this down. I had to get to the end. The book had me gripped and I feel it was a similar relationship to the ones described within; incredibly toxic and unhealthy and yet strangely addictive. Impossible to walk away until it decided it was done with me.

I loved this series. It was dark, witty and it poked around in some uncomfortable places. I hope the one who wrote it is doing alright. And I truly thank them for this experience.

[Michael Brady · Rating 1 out of 5]

The previous instalments in this series did very well to create a well structured character; a narcissistic misogynistic racist ableist sex addicted former alcoholic.
Someone who is suffering from the PTSD of sexual abuse that occurred during childhood, and because of this cannot form relationships with anyone in his adult life.

The Character written is a Narcissist, and the book does not try to hide that fact. Throughout the whole series, the character has not tried to be redeemable. However, i do not know if it is because of artistic reasons, or due to an internalised misogyny from the author, that the writing in the third entry has become more sadistic and hateful.

- 99% of the text is the main character talking about the people he is fucking (while describing their bodies in a demeaning manner), and the other 1% is him whining about his ex-girlfriend (who he doesn’t even want to get back with)

- DOAOT and CIACS had an actual plot, it wasn’t just sexual encounter after sexual encounter. This book however has nothing more to offer. When the previous entries were more a study into the character, covering how sexually frustrated men in the twenty-first century can view women with hate, and how addiction can spill onto other things once you quit, this book chooses to focus on sexual escapades and is genuinely just boring.

- The writing is clunky and boring. As soon as i picked this book up i wanted to put it down and never think of it again. And despite the fact that it is almost 300 pages, NOTHING HAPPENS.

Just don’t read this book if you found the ones before interesting.

[Reece Carter · Rating 3 out of 5]

Here I am, once again caught doing the thing I said I'd never do: read a series. However, I'll say that I was not quite as disappointed by this series as I was by Jeff VanderMeer's Annihilation series. There's clear character development here and that's interesting. I also think that Anonymous, who I still don't think is fictitious (it's less fun that way), uses his story to highlight the contradictions inherent in the way we think about sex, poverty, and addiction.

Honestly, I think this may have been my favorite book out of the three, maybe just because I can articulate why I keep coming back to this story a bit better. After the first installment, I felt like there was something that drew me to it more than the controversy, but I couldn't quite wrap my head around it. In Eunuchs, the critical value is much more clear to me which makes it more fun to talk about.

First, we hear early on that the main demographic of his first book Diary of an Oxygen Thief is girls under 20, which is ostensibly meant to shock us. However, when we read that Amazon lists his book under the category of 'romantic fiction', it all makes sense. This made me think of the hype around Fifty Shades of Gray and in fact it made me think about the concept of BDSM in general. The reason this tidbit was supposed to be shocking is because his first book is depraved. He essentially enjoys psychologically and sexually manipulating women until he himself gets manipulated. How could anyone classify this as romantic? I believe that this is the beginning of Anonymous' lament of how nihilist society is at present. Using nihilist here to mean a rejection of the physical, we prioritize the ideological freedom granted by BDSM and sexual depravity over the physical degradation we experience as a result. I can hear the Freudian whispers of reaction formation as I type this. We resent the shackles we wear in society so much that we desire them in the bedroom. This is why it's romantic: it's appealing to our ideology rather than reality.

This concept manifests again with one of the many girls that Anonymous sees in this final installment: Jameson. She's a cam girl who takes her abusive boyfriend to court over custody of their child. In court, the boyfriend uses her status as a cam girl to claim that she's an unfit mother. In turn, Jameson accuses the boyfriend of punching her in the face; not so much an accusation because there is camera footage of him doing this during sex. In response, the boyfriend hides behind the guise of BDSM, which Jameson and him regularly engaged. Ultimately, the punching is not what won Jameson the case, but rather that the boyfriend came on her face without consent.

"A facial was no big deal as far as Jameson was concerned but the female judge seemed to think it was indicative of a wider lack of respect. In the eyes of the law, coming on her face without consent was worse than punching her in the face with consent. It was interesting that Jameson knew how to play this card. She gambled that spurting sperm on a mother's face would be deemed more villainous than throwing punches at it. Video footage of both types of assault were played for all to see. It must have been an interesting day in court."

Clearly consent and autonomy are important, but here they are pedestaled above physical health. It's fine that Jameson wants to have the shit beat out of her, but ejaculate on her face is where the line is crossed. Both are problematic, but Anonymous seems to balk at how quickly we judge one more sinister than the other. When I read this, it felt very twisted but at the same time very possible. Again this is an example of a growing nihilism that places greater value on Platonic ideals of intangible concepts than it does on the nitty-gritty of life. In a broader sense, this makes me think of university-level leftist rhetoric that takes post-modern deconstruction to a whole new extreme, using important theoretical frameworks such as White Supremacy and Patriarchy and Sexism to pat themselves on the back when they call them out. In doing so, they believe their job is done and turn their back on the communities who are physically affected by these schema. Are these concepts essential to promoting change? Certainly. Do they need to be valued over life itself. No. A classic example is the idea that there is no ethical consumption under capitalism. While this is certainly true from a theoretical perspective, the homeless man on the street corner could not give less of a shit. To him, consumption is necessary for life, fuck an economic system. I love theory, theory is great. But when everyone is a critical theorist, we look at the real world through a lens of elitist garbage, the case of Jameson is but a small fragment of this phenomenon.

Is all this what Anonymous thinks? Probably not. I certainly went a bit rogue in my analysis of this book. But I thought it was great because it enabled me to articulate something that bothers me in general about society. These book are attractive because of their depravity and sexual content, not in spite of it. And that's because we value absolute sexual freedom as a response to years of sexual repression, consequences be damned. We can't forsake life in the world for theoretical satisfaction. We just can't.

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Boring I’m over this genre

[Alexis P · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm pretty sure this is not the last we're going to hear from Anonymous. His story is far from over.
That being said, this third book continues the usual ramblings about his sexual encounters, and at this point I'm pretty sure he is a sociopath, an absolute piece of shit, and he knows it, and he doesn't do anything to change it. However, the way he portraits the other characters shows me the way he sees the human condition: Human beings as cynical and lying scumbags who do everything to get what they want. I can't say I disagree with him on that point.
Additionally, I learned a lot of self-publishing, but again his story can't be taken as a fact, since everything can be a well-written lie.
If you like Charles Bukowski or Henry Miller, you might enjoy The Oxygen Thief Diaries as a whole, but you have to take into consideration the kind of main character who narrates the story: He's not a good man, he never tries to be, and never will be.
I listened to the audiobook version on Audible, and it was very good.
#Theoxygenthiefdiaries

[Iain · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid end to the series. Anonymous at simultaneously his most emotional but also his horniest. Parts of this are just smut to be honest, well written smut but it's still boring self congratulatory porn. The best part of the narrative is both his trials and tribulations selling his book on the streets and his pursuit of his ex Marian. There was a great passage about 52 pages in which sums up the entire trilogy:

"But if love was an addictive substance then women were the dealers. A bottle of booze or a drug had the decency to sit on a shelf and wait for you to use it. Not so with a woman. She got up and walked around, made decisions, went on a vacation, interacted with other potential suitors. If a woman held the keys to your stash then you were in deep shit. When your drug of choice can refuse to be imbibed that is a problem. Women, it seemed, had what I sought. They carried it around with them. I had thought it was their pussies but now I could see it was much more serious than that. It wasn't sex that I had been chasing all those years, it had been approval."

Read it for the humour and him finally being honest about the fact he's an emotional wreck. You could skim the sex scenes and miss hardly anything. Glad to finish it, a solid series over all about ones man's odd mental and sexual landscape.

[PW · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a splendid climax (literally!) to this captivating trilogy! I am so surprised as to how many negative reviews this book has got...

A perfect combination of raw emotion and well... sex! It’s all so indie, dirty and dark. Hats off to him if the whole narrative is fictional rather than memoir-based. (However I highly doubt this: it’s too intimate and it all seems too genuine to be made up!) It’s intriguing to see Anonymous’ character development throughout the three novels. You can see how his opinions and thought processes change. It’s as though you know him. You hate him, but you know him. As a female reader, I still can’t help but root for anonymous. The sheer ramblings and honesty makes him who should be the antagonist rather the protagonist instead. It’s humorous how brutal he can be - we all think assy things like this, I just respect that someone put in the time and effort to write it all down.

4 stars - no book ever gets 5! It’s informal, it’s close to the bone, I couldn’t put any of the books down once I’d started. It’s a real insight into the mind of a fucked up man. And it’s always good to know what they’re thinking.

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[Grace · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Oxygen Thief Diaries give you a great insight into the mind of a sociopath who has been broken by life. Anonymous is a misogynist but despite him hurting several girls, I can't help but feel a little pity seeing as multiple women also hurt him. He certainly has some relatable aspects in his books, but in the end, he somewhat made me lose faith in humanity. I truly hope most people are not like this. I hope his cruelty was exaggerated for the story. I hope the majority of this series is fictitious.
The Oxygen Thief taught me 3 things. 1. Men fall to hard and too fast which is kinda sweet actually.
2. Men are also assholes. Major assholes.
3. Men are stupid. (IE constantly expecting Marian to change her mind but too be fair she led him on)

[Andi · Rating 4 out of 5]

I waited so long for the third installment in this series and I could not have been more pleased. Perverse, hilarious, and extremely smart. From the marketing of the book to the arc of the narrator, I enjoyed this series immensely. I found each book more honest than the last, showing a side of relationship truth in a society of over commercialized bullshit. Nice to read something that isn’t afraid to show the dark and unflattering side of emotions and thoughts in the midst of a “woke walking on eggshells culture”

[Evangeline Polymeneas · Rating 1 out of 5]

It’s so sad that a book I loved so much could end so badly. The third book in anonymous’ trilogy was awful. As always I enjoyed anonymous’ voice but the contents and themes of his last novel were shallow and generally offensive. Don’t bother continuing the series after reading his incredible first novel.

[Jglassmd39yahoo.Com · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you’re wondering if you have any empathy, forget the personality test and buy this book.
Our favorite Anonymous author shows us how he scavenges for clarity through a heartbreak. This may be the therapy I didn’t know I needed.

[Kacper · Rating 2 out of 5]

Third book of the trilogy, kind of graphic, however, I found the part where he sells his own self-published book to be interesting.

[allyy nikk · Rating 1 out of 5]

No.

[Francis Barton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sigh, I was going back and forth between giving this book 0 and 5 stars.

Did it make me relapse back into my toxic bag? Affirmative.

Does the protagonist talk about and treat women in such a way that if you say you find relatable could get you cancelled immediately? Affirmative.

Did I find myself rooting for said protagonist to 'do a mazzaleen' as I like to call it and to have his cake, eat his cake, digest his cake, find more cake and eat and digest that and then find even more cake? If I speak I'm in trouble.

Eventually I decided to award it a star for each year of personal growth it undid by me having read it, I was having flashbacks to the glory days (oops sorry typo I meant the gory days, I already took all the L's available way back when).

Disclaimer: I love you Maisy this book had no effect on me whatsoever this review is purely satirical