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sherbertwells's review
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
While on vacation on the Lido, an aging writer becomes obsessed with an ethereal teenage boy. The most beautiful book to terrify me: both with the descent of its protagonist into morbid depravity and its creepily-accurate portrayal of being alone on vacation.
“For one human being instinctively feels respect and love for another human being so long as he does not know him well enough to judge him; and that he does not, the craving he feels is evidence” (50)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Stalking
Moderate: Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, and Death
Minor: Sexual content
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