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Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Cannibalism, Stalking, Abortion, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Incest, Xenophobia, Death of parent
Moderate: Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Cannibalism, Murder
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Incest, Physical abuse, Torture, Excrement, Vomit, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Classism
Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Cannibalism, Murder
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gore, Incest, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Cannibalism, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder
Minor: Incest, Pedophilia
Wow, this book was a wild, wild journey. And there was no chance I could have ever predicted the ending! The story felt very immersive, especially with the extensive descriptions of all the smells that 18th century Paris and France had to offer, both the mesmerising and the hideous.
It wasn't as gruesome as expected, but still the gruesome deeds done were enough to form our opinion of Grenouille. Despite these deeds, there is also humour in some parts, especially with the narrator's descriptions of Grenouille. Holy hell does the narrator loathe him sometimes!
Perhaps there are some themes about the loss of meaning and identity when you can't smell yourself, but all in all, it was a thrilling, entertaining story of a guy who smells. Or doesn't smell? It's complicated!
I do feel like I have to pay more attention to perfume after reading this!
Graphic: Cannibalism
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Animal death, Incest
Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Cannibalism, Murder, Abandonment
Moderate: Incest, Miscarriage, Sexual content
Graphic: Gore, Incest, Violence, Cannibalism, Medical trauma
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Excrement, Cannibalism, Murder, Abandonment
Minor: Incest, Pedophilia