A review by lilymaret
Dans le jardin de l'ogre by Leïla Slimani

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book is now very important to me. The way Adèle portrayed the hatred of being stuck in conventional ways was real and raw. I found it so interesting how Slimani writes about the human body and the ways in which Adèle craves it in an almost out-of-body way. I will come back to this book.