A review by meeklovestoread
Lie with Me by Philippe Besson

emotional reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

This was my first french translated novel and my first experience reading this author's work so I was pleasantly surprised when I ended up really liking it. It was short so I read it in like three hours and it was lovely. I really liked how it was written and I think the pacing of this novel was done really well. Honestly, if I'm being honest I wasn't feeling Thomas's love for Philippe at first. I thought that he just viewed him as an opportunity that arose, but the last page of this novel was really heartbreaking. Also, the events that followed after 1984 were insane to me. It's still really hard for me to wrap my head around the fact that this actually happened in real life; that it's really not fiction.
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