A review by whosjessanyway
Lie With Me by Philippe Besson

emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

The writing in this book is absolutely beautiful. This is a wonderful portrait of a first love's imprint on you, a look on youth, self-shame and longing. It invites you to think about the passage of time, and when it ends, you're left with a heavy feeling that you can't quite put your finger on.

"I say: is that the reason you said something of the foreigner?
He says: Yes, dark eyes, olive skin. And the feeling of never quite belonging, of being a person uprooted, as if, maybe, who knows, a sense of not belonging is something one inherits."
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