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A review by tarheelreader
She Who Was No More by Thomas Narcejac, Pierre Boileau
3.0
I liked this one. It's kind of a thriller/psychological thriller..I don't really know how to categorize it. It was written in 50's (I think), and originally in French so I wonder if those 2 things kept me from getting fully into it (talk of a wireless not being a cell phone), but it did keep my interested. I learned about this book when the narrator of A Simple Favor mentioned the movie in that book (Les Diaboliques). Interestingly, Alfred Hitchcock wanted to make this into a movie, but lost the rights; which led him to make Psycho!! He did make another one of this author's books, Vertigo, into a movie.
One thing that was strange about this book, is it just drops you as the reader in the middle of the action. No real introduction to the characters....you just meet all 3 at a pivotal moment in their lives, and are trying to figure things out from there. There's not even that much back story either, you just have to piece it together. I read it on a Kindle, so I was surprised to see there were only 192 pages, definitely felt like more. I'm planning to read Vertigo at some point (I haven't seen the movie).
Now to watch this movie.....
One thing that was strange about this book, is it just drops you as the reader in the middle of the action. No real introduction to the characters....you just meet all 3 at a pivotal moment in their lives, and are trying to figure things out from there. There's not even that much back story either, you just have to piece it together. I read it on a Kindle, so I was surprised to see there were only 192 pages, definitely felt like more. I'm planning to read Vertigo at some point (I haven't seen the movie).
Now to watch this movie.....