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Une oeuvre perturbante, il m'est difficile de dire si oui ou non j'ai aimé, parce que ce roman est assez déstabilisant notamment à cause du narrateur inconnu dont on découvre l'identité qu'à la moitié du livre à peu près. De plus la façon d'écrire de Duras (qui entraine les caractéristique du nouveau roman) est vraiment perturbante.

palethereader's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

karinlib's review against another edition

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3.0

I can't say that I read Duras for her stories, I read Duras for her haunting sentences. It's a love story, between five people, and an incident that will never leave the five people alone, even ten years later.

azxlinx's review against another edition

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2.0

2.5

contre_qui's review against another edition

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mysterious reflective tense

3.0

shelby22's review against another edition

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mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

freddie's review against another edition

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2.0

Such a disappointment! I thought it was going to be about a female main character with some agency, but Lol Stein barely has a voice in this book. The novel is narrated by a guy who would become Lol's lover. The first half of the book was a decent exploration of Lol's backstory but then halfway that narrator turned himself into the main character and I felt extremely cheated. GTFO, Jack!

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