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A review by quirkycynic
She Who Was No More by Thomas Narcejac, Pierre Boileau
4.0
Unlike Vertigo I've still not yet seen Les Diaboliques, which made the reading of this source material very interesting -- I know the famous twist of the movie of course, but I didn't know how this book would approach it through its own story. The biggest (and most welcome) surprise was of course that I didn't know the twist here would be gay , which immediately jumped this book up the ranks of the great works of "good for her!" fiction.
Honestly though, I will say that the thing I liked best about both this and Vertigo, other than they're both absolutely superlative examples of mid-century suspense fiction, is that Boileau-Narcejac write both about men who attempt to possessively control women to the point that it backfires and leads to their own complete destruction. I really wish there were more of these dudes' books in English translation cause I have a feeling I'd run the absolute hell out of them if there were, they're that good.
Honestly though, I will say that the thing I liked best about both this and Vertigo, other than they're both absolutely superlative examples of mid-century suspense fiction, is that Boileau-Narcejac write both about men who attempt to possessively control women to the point that it backfires and leads to their own complete destruction. I really wish there were more of these dudes' books in English translation cause I have a feeling I'd run the absolute hell out of them if there were, they're that good.