A review by mishasw
Cheri and the Last of Cheri by Colette

4.0

And so begins my era of female authors. I think I've decided to do a 3-1 exchange rate; I.e. I can read one male author for every three for idk, like a year or so? We'll see. Regardless... very interesting books. There's a lottttt here, and I definitely didn't get everything. The story itself is simple enough to follow, but to assign meaning, and especially virtue, is more difficult. If anyone's read this I'd love to chat.

Obviously it's not great that Cheri's stuck in the past, but it seems like everyone else kinda blows too since all they do is pursue some task to keep them busy when Cheri still has.... love? Idk. A wild ride this one, never thought I'd read "mauve areloae under yellow lace... I detested her!" in a book. Very very proustian, was this post or pre proust? Honestly, a lot like Proust lite, as in I'd recommend this to people who didn't know if they wanted to commit to In Search of Lost Time. But less queer and more horny probably. One day maybe I'll do a word count for "lingerie" in this thing and see what comes up. My guess is like 100+. Anyways very good, very short, and it'll stay with me for a while.

Enjoy my first coherent review, void!