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226 reviews for:
By G. Delacourt La Liste de Mes Envies (French Edition) [Mass Market Paperback]
Grégoire Delacourt
3.44 AVERAGE
226 reviews for:
By G. Delacourt La Liste de Mes Envies (French Edition) [Mass Market Paperback]
Grégoire Delacourt
3.44 AVERAGE
Lot of people talk to me about this one. I might have liked it more if they didn't. It wa such a disappointment... The idea is nice, the writing is bad and the story is so predictable.
Huuuge disappointment.
Huuuge disappointment.
This is a strange little book. Enjoyable, but the back cover says that one feels "unbelievably happy" reading it. They might have read another book. This wasn't happy. This was beautiful, sort of delicate and thoughtful. But also a bit sad.
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
فكرة الرواية و فلسفتها رائعه لكني لا أظن أن المؤلف وفق في تجسيدها..كذلك إقحام الجنس بشكل مكرر، أن كانت الغايه فهم طبيعة العلاقه بين الزوجين فمره واحده تكفي لكن يبدو أن الكاتب له نظره مختلفه
تكمن قيمة العمل بالنسبه لي في كون الكاتب رجل و الشخصية الرئيسية أنثى ومعه هذا.. فقد استطاع الكاتب تقمص دور الأنثى بافكارها وبخلجات نفسها ، وهذا إنجاز حقيقي للروائي
تكمن قيمة العمل بالنسبه لي في كون الكاتب رجل و الشخصية الرئيسية أنثى ومعه هذا.. فقد استطاع الكاتب تقمص دور الأنثى بافكارها وبخلجات نفسها ، وهذا إنجاز حقيقي للروائي
My Wish List is a difficult book to rate and review. Delacourt stated that he wanted to write a book about what would it would take to change your life. He does this by having his protagonist, middle-aged Jocelyne, win the lottery, to the tune of €18.5 million. The story unwinds when Jocelyne doesn't tell anyone about her new fortune, not her husband, grown children, or the twin hairdressers that encouraged her to play the lottery. The only person that Jocelyne reveals her secret to is her father who has suffered a stroke and has only a six-minute memory span. Jocelyne leads an ordinary existence, running her own haberdashery shop in a provincial French town, but one she seems quite content in. After her lottery win, she begins to make lists of things she needs, but realizes that many of them are ordinary - a new lamp, a lovely wool and alpaca coat, a non-flowery shower curtain. Her husband wants "more" - a flat-screen TV, a Porsche, and all the James Bond movies on DVD. She is afraid that if she gives her husband everything he wants, he will no longer want her.
I don't want to reveal any more of the plot because that is something each reader should discover for themselves. While not a heartwarming, light read, this book is definitely thought-provoking!
Addendum: The title of the original French version seems to be The List of My Desires. It may be a small thing, but I think that title works much better.
I don't want to reveal any more of the plot because that is something each reader should discover for themselves. While not a heartwarming, light read, this book is definitely thought-provoking!
Addendum: The title of the original French version seems to be The List of My Desires. It may be a small thing, but I think that title works much better.
While having some heavy and emotional themes the only way I could respond when asked about it was that I found it a very quiet book, very calm and thoroughly enjoyable.
It's always hard to say you enjoyed a book where the characters are not enjoying themselves. However I soaked up this book in two short sessions. The pacing and the short chapters (short book too) made this such an easy read.
I was so surprised by the reaction of the main character as she watched her life turning inside out, it is so different to how I would imagine my reaction. This is what kept me invested in a character who was frustratingly blind to her self-made success, deliberately inactive, and oblivious to her future possibilities.
This is one of those stories that makes you think. What are my desires? Am I being passive in my own life? How would something like this change my life or who I am?
It's always hard to say you enjoyed a book where the characters are not enjoying themselves. However I soaked up this book in two short sessions. The pacing and the short chapters (short book too) made this such an easy read.
I was so surprised by the reaction of the main character as she watched her life turning inside out, it is so different to how I would imagine my reaction. This is what kept me invested in a character who was frustratingly blind to her self-made success, deliberately inactive, and oblivious to her future possibilities.
This is one of those stories that makes you think. What are my desires? Am I being passive in my own life? How would something like this change my life or who I am?
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse
Moderate: Miscarriage
A nice little quick one about money not being able to buy happiness.