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The Lady of the Camellias — Alexandre Dumas fils ⭐️⭐️ (2/5)

“𝘈 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘴𝘦.”

The Lady of the Camellias, the story that inspired Verdi’s opera La Traviata and the musical Moulin Rouge!, was inspired by Marie Duplessis, who was the author’s mistress.

Dumas fils was not as talented as his father (whose works include The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers). The writing was “all right” at most, but most of the time quite dull. I think the author’s strength lies in observing details and writing out conversations.

What bothers me, though, is that this story is hailed as one of the greatest love stories ever while it is nothing more than an abusive relationship between two psychopaths. I, of course, realize we’re talking nineteenth century here, but come on.... really?

Anyway, change my mind if you’ve read it as well! ☺️

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“𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘴.” — Virginia Woolf

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“𝘏𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵, 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘈 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳, 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳-𝘬𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵.” — Virginia Woolf (The Waves)

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Latest edition to the family — little Jagger 🤎

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Tell the Wolves I’m Home — Carol Rifka Brunt

⭐️⭐️⭐️ (3/5)

This book started off really great, but became a bit dull for me halfway through. There are some good elements to it; the exploration of June’s taboo love for her dead uncle, for instance, which I found very refreshing for a YA book. But while the book seemed to warm me up for some big climax on several occasions, it really didn’t come (the story line of Greta comes to mind).

I did love the way Brunt writes. Sentences flow very nicely and there’s a poetic feel to it. I’m not saying I hated this book at all, but it could have been “more” in my (probably unpopular 😉) humble opinion.

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