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by Patrick Süskind
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Bibliomaniac Scarlet
Bibliomaniac Scarlet rated it 12 years ago
Perfume is a book in a league of its own. It’s unconventional, terrifying and creepy; yet at the same time, dazzling, mesmerizing and strangely hypnotic. Whether I hate it or love it is irrelevant (and honestly, I’m still not sure), because I know that this is a great book. I knew that five minutes ...
Intensely Focused
Intensely Focused rated it 13 years ago
This was a fascinating book. The setting is 18th century France and the main character is a man who is born without a scent of his own but a highly developed sense of smell. His nose is so sensitive that he can track a person in a city by his smell alone. Grenouille rarely distinguishes between "...
Imagine That
Imagine That rated it 13 years ago
Smell, they say, is the strongest of the senses.HmmmmmI remember a time, years ago, on the beach.I could smell the lake, the night airFeel the Harley spinning out of control as it hit the sand. No pain justThe smell of wet leather and silk Bob Seger singingMoonlit endless sandThe taste of beer and c...
One Page at a Time
One Page at a Time rated it 13 years ago
This was an interesting book -- I picked it up because I had never heard of it and the blurb looked like something I would enjoy. I can't say that I enjoyed it. I didn't hate it, but I did think it was a weird book. The background on the perfume industry was very interesting, but the story itself...
Sacred Space
Sacred Space rated it 13 years ago
There are some books which can be called unique. They may be good, bad or indifferent: but their authors strike out from the trodden paths of narrative themes and structure to explore totally new vistas, so that the product becomes unique. Perfume by Patrick Suskind is such a book.Jean Baptiste Gr...
nabilasofia
nabilasofia rated it 13 years ago
It's good... in a morbid way.
meganbaxter
meganbaxter rated it 13 years ago
A dreaded three-star review. They're the hardest books to review, the ones that didn't inspire me to glowing praise or angry ranting. I find it so hard to quantify, sometimes, why a book falls into the "meh" category. Something about it didn't grab me, but the author never made me angry, either.So, ...
Xdyj's books
Xdyj's books rated it 13 years ago
An incredibly well-crafted historical fantasy. Probably well researched & not as gross as the subject matter indicated imo. The writing is very descriptive & could be slow in the first half.p.s. there is an interesting article about it in the context of German literary tradition: https://www.westsho...
Don't Panic - Megan's BookLikes
Don't Panic - Megan's BookLikes rated it 13 years ago
Perfume really wasn't what I was expecting (a crime mystery drama type deal) - and that's a good thing. What I got instead was a very personal and extremely sensuous portrait and biography of a bastard named Jean-Baptiste Grenouille who was more of a tick than a man. He's left for dead in a pile of ...
Syahira's Literary Obsession
Syahira's Literary Obsession rated it 13 years ago
actually I did read this in my third year (2009 or 2010) and will reread this again because of the Fringe episode.... still bawling my eyes over the whole OlivePeter ordeal. Its a good accompaniment to the movie except some parts in the book are in french and can be understood if you are french (whi...
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