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lindamarieaustin110159 's review for:
Flowers of Darkness
by Tatiana de Rosnay
After careful consideration I think I’m going to shelve this one on my Science Fiction shelf. This futuristic novel was weird, but intriguing, so I kept reading to find out what the ending held. After I finished I felt somewhat cheated because I was left with way too many questions. What does C.A.S.A. stand for? Wait a minute, there are cameras in almost every room, but Clarissa can’t figure out why she feels like she’s being watched? Duh! What happened to Jim Perrier? Seriously?, only two residents of this complex noticed anything was amiss???Please explain the relationship between bilingual ability and creativity levels? I would have loved to see Clarissa exert some type of revenge on C.A.S.A. before making her exit. While I can understand the motivation for Clarissa’s dreams to be invaded, I don’t think it was necessary for her to be drugged and the extensive invasion of privacy by C.A.S.A. to accomplish their goal. Why would the name of her stillborn son be repeated to her in her unconscious state? Why use the voice of her hypnotist therapist from years ago? I really couldn’t understand the fascination with Virginia Woolf and Romain Gary throughout. I tried to read Mrs Dalloway a few years ago and did not finish. It remains one of the very few books that I have ever given up on. Also, the forecast of not too distant years to come was fairly depressing due to the somber portrait painted of a planet where global warming, pollution, and automation have taken away much of the charm of living here. Let’s hope these visions don’t come to pass.
Set in Paris, authoress and avid researcher of houses and homes, Clarissa Katsef, has recently left her second husband, Francois. Her search for a place to live independently where she can continue her writing has introduced her to the C.A.S.A. artist’s residence housing concept. After being interviewed as a candidate to live there, her application is accepted. Almost as soon as she moves in she feels as if she is being watched. Her granddaughter, Adriana (Andy) and her cat, Chablis also sense that there is another presence. Along with her granddaughter, her first husband, Toby, her daughter, Jordan, and her father form her support network.
Set in Paris, authoress and avid researcher of houses and homes, Clarissa Katsef, has recently left her second husband, Francois. Her search for a place to live independently where she can continue her writing has introduced her to the C.A.S.A. artist’s residence housing concept. After being interviewed as a candidate to live there, her application is accepted. Almost as soon as she moves in she feels as if she is being watched. Her granddaughter, Adriana (Andy) and her cat, Chablis also sense that there is another presence. Along with her granddaughter, her first husband, Toby, her daughter, Jordan, and her father form her support network.