by Anna Gavalda
3.5When it was good, it was marvelous and when it was bad, it was supremely boring.Here's how it went-I think I should backtrack a bit. When it was bad, it was supremely boring and eye-roll-inducing and happy.It's amazing how a book that starts off with such depressing characters in such deep shits ...
The only complaint I have about this book is that I can't speak (or read) fluent French yet, and so it'll be a while before I can read the original. A masterpiece.(This happens to be approximately the 10th time I've read the point in the past year or so, and my opinion still hasn't changed)
I read a little over 100 pages of this and found that I couldn't care about any of the characters. I'm seeing a pattern emerging that tells me I should probably stick to non-fiction when it comes to France. I've enjoyed a lot of non-fiction about France, but French novelists just don't seem to wor...