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Carmilla
by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
One day, my sister started watching that little show called Carmilla. After hearing the opening theme a thousand times, I saw that she had bought a book of the same name wich, turns out, was the actual work the serie is based on. Flash forward to months later where I actually take the time to read it. I borrowed it months earlier, obviously.
It's an incredibly quick read. I kept looking at the amount of pages left and thought "it's not going to end now, is it ?" but it did. The descriptions are incredibly poetic and complex ; the french translation can be difficult to follow at times. It had that telltale feeling of "I have forgotten the start of the sentence before having even read the end". Yet, the characters are interresting ; Laura is a good POV character and Carmilla, of course, is downright terrifying.
I didn't think I'd be scared by now but I am. Truth be told, the start of the novella is the good old "Hey, I am a doctor and I'm going to tell you about this documents I've found bout this gal who met a vampire" ; so by the start you already kinda know the ending. Yet, the tension builds up until the end in a very characteristic way I couldn't quite expect from a so-called "old book". It's a complete opposite to my thoughts regarding Stoker's Dracula wich I may someday read though.
The small size of the book encouraged me to read it and the prospect of adding one more book to my reading challenge was appealing. So was my will to shorten my "currently reading" list wich is full of my latest unfortunate wills to read big books (oh, hi Moby Dick). The complex relationship between the characters is one of love, admiration, mystery and a fair amount of desire and deciet.
To be honest, I wasn't expecting to like this book as much as I did ; as a matter of fact, the books my sister and I enjoy can be very different. I don't know if she has effectively read it yet, but I am happy to share one more thing with her ; my love for Carmilla.
PS : When you learn that it it contemporary to Les Miserables. It's like. Mind-changing.
It's an incredibly quick read. I kept looking at the amount of pages left and thought "it's not going to end now, is it ?" but it did. The descriptions are incredibly poetic and complex ; the french translation can be difficult to follow at times. It had that telltale feeling of "I have forgotten the start of the sentence before having even read the end". Yet, the characters are interresting ; Laura is a good POV character and Carmilla, of course, is downright terrifying.
I didn't think I'd be scared by now but I am. Truth be told, the start of the novella is the good old "Hey, I am a doctor and I'm going to tell you about this documents I've found bout this gal who met a vampire" ; so by the start you already kinda know the ending. Yet, the tension builds up until the end in a very characteristic way I couldn't quite expect from a so-called "old book". It's a complete opposite to my thoughts regarding Stoker's Dracula wich I may someday read though.
The small size of the book encouraged me to read it and the prospect of adding one more book to my reading challenge was appealing. So was my will to shorten my "currently reading" list wich is full of my latest unfortunate wills to read big books (oh, hi Moby Dick). The complex relationship between the characters is one of love, admiration, mystery and a fair amount of desire and deciet.
To be honest, I wasn't expecting to like this book as much as I did ; as a matter of fact, the books my sister and I enjoy can be very different. I don't know if she has effectively read it yet, but I am happy to share one more thing with her ; my love for Carmilla.
PS : When you learn that it it contemporary to Les Miserables. It's like. Mind-changing.