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A review by therealmette
The Holy Terrors by Jean Cocteau
3.0
You pick up a 122 pages long French book and think it's going to be easy to keep your French active. Turns out it's not *that* little of a deal to get into 1929's French, more so out of the pen of one of the most poetic French artists that ever lived. That being said, I got what was going on (with a little help from my Wikipedia friends) and really appreciated this story. A few pages into it, I realized it was the inspiration for "The Dreamers", which I haven't read but which happens to be one of my favorite films of all time. I call this Incest-ish-ception.
As for this book, it's fairly operatic and poetic, actually doesn't feel like a novel in many ways... apart from it *being* a novel. I was intrigued by the main characters, especially Elisabeth. She definitely sticks out from the four more than Isabel stood out from the trio in The Dreamers. The ending was perfect and extremely appropriate.
As for this book, it's fairly operatic and poetic, actually doesn't feel like a novel in many ways... apart from it *being* a novel. I was intrigued by the main characters, especially Elisabeth. She definitely sticks out from the four more than Isabel stood out from the trio in The Dreamers. The ending was perfect and extremely appropriate.