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Les jolies choses by Virginie Despentes

paulus_on_the_rocks's review against another edition

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

2.75

Franchement pas son meilleur, j’ai trouvé son style typique de ce qui m’est pénible (des rimes en prose à profusion et des phrases averbales qui se succèdent). Le moment oups c’est qu’apparemment elle a volontairement changé de style avec ce 3ème roman en prenant en compte, pour la première fois, son succès naissant dans son process d’écriture.

Des choses pas inintéressantes (sur la féminité, la « meuf bonne », le sexe hétéro) mais on a clairement pas encore atteint King-Kong (publié en 2006 ; ici, on est qu’en 1998). Ça cause de cul, uniquement entendu comme meuf = trous, mec = queue, et obviously queue dans trous ; ça s’explique tb dans l’économie de la fiction mais perso je sature grave.

Malgré tout ça se lit vite et bien, on reste sur du Despentes donc du direct sans chichi, avec ce plaisir de l’argot qui commence à être un peu désuet en 2024 et qui donne un petit charme à l’ensemble.

alicelovesreadingnow's review against another edition

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4.0

Made me want to read everything by Virginie Despentes, also I love honest harsh writing like this. Also the story was so unhinged and just really fun

henrietta444's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

olvkh's review against another edition

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dark funny medium-paced

3.25

tbnk_de_lectrice's review against another edition

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tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

iancarpenter's review against another edition

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On a run of abandoning books (third in a row). She's one of my favourite writers. This just didn't pull me in.

fastel's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

meso24's review

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challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-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

3.75

chillcox15's review against another edition

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4.0

An extremely cinematic novel about fame, femininity, and doubling, like a pop music Persona (hasn't that already been done?) Would fit in well with Brady Corbet's 2018 film Vox Lux, which also took a less-than-optimistic view on music superstardom.

gommette's review against another edition

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dark emotional fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Vraie fiction féministe avec des portraits de personnages très réalistes. Instrigue pas très originale.