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A review by mintyfreshsocks
Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
4.0
I absolutely, thoroughly enjoyed this book. Many epistolary novels are not very well-done; you can see the author's discomfort with the medium, the stiltedness. This one got the medium perfectly. The characters are so well drawn; their interactions are so beautifully authentic, so perfectly cohesive. There's cunning and charm and competing ideologies and oh my lord this was a wonderful book. So much food for thought.
The only reason it doesn't get five stars is the ending. I found the ending far too predictable and far too much of a let-down---but then, it probably never would have gotten published if it hadn't ended that way.
The only reason it doesn't get five stars is the ending. I found the ending far too predictable and far too much of a let-down---but then, it probably never would have gotten published if it hadn't ended that way.