In the mornings, she has gone running on the deserted banks of the Seine. She doesn’t want to be a subject, she doesn’t want to decide, to have power. I'd heard Leila Slimani being interviewed by the BBC and was intrigued by her high regard as a French political figure (especially as a young, immigrant women) and by her ideas about feminism - that women allow our own desires to become subsumed by motherhood, marriage and social obligations. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. The mystery of Adele infuses this erotic novel, which starts in decadent 1930s … Get this from a library! Following Lullaby, which I loved , I had high hopes for this book.Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 12, 2019 A full length novel for Berry and the gang. I never really understood what Adele’s intentions were and she was never given a real backstory to explain why she was who she was. [Leïla Slimani; Finty Williams] -- Adele appears to have the perfect life. ISBN 10: 0143132180. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 17, 2019 At night, on the Boulevard Rochechouart and the Place de Clichy. Adele, a French woman with an Algerian father and a French mother, was an interesting character though and I wish her childhood had been explored further. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. The book is well written but I hated it, in fact I could not read anymore as I felt repulsed.

Her work here, as ever, is unparalleled."

It’s written in the third person, so it’s ‘she’s does this, he does that’. Please try again. Adèle has been good. Read "Adèle: A Novel" by Mary Flanagan available from Rakuten Kobo. So I tucked into Adele with enthusiasm (absolutely no pun intended). The book has no more to do with Adele than usual, in fact she's quite a minor character. Leila Slimani is the bestselling author of The Perfect Nanny, one of The New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of the Year, for which she became the first Moroccan woman to win France's most prestigious literary prize, the Goncourt. A respected journalist, she lives in a flawless Parisian apartment with her surgeon husband and their young son. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. She has held out for a week now. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. I would have loved it if there had been more, perhaps just a bit more insight into these intriguing lives. Download one of the Free Kindle apps to start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, and computer.To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. She just wants to be a little doll, a toy. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations

No Kindle device required. Something we hope you'll especially enjoy: FBA products qualify for FREE ShippingIf you're a seller, Fulfilment by Amazon can help you grow your business. The Water Cure: LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018 Endless descriptions of Adele's sexual encounters irritated me towards the end. The story itself is not new, but Slimani has birthed an everywoman anti-heroine who is both timeless and shockingly contemporary. From Pigalle to the Champs-Elysées, from the Musée d’Orsay to Bercy. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. The machine learned model takes into account factors including: the age of a review, helpfulness votes by customers and whether the reviews are from verified purchases.Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Fulfilment by Amazon (FBA) is a service we offer sellers that lets them store their products in Amazon's fulfilment centres, and we directly pack, ship, and provide customer service for these products.

Everything was just so confusing.

If this is the height of French literature I’d rather discover other nations’ pearls. Adèle : a novel. Adèle : a novel. I really enjoyed the first two thirds of this book but then it slowly fizzled out.

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-- The New York Times Book Review "[A] fierce, uncanny thunderbolt of a book." Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. This probably says a lot about the power of the writing.

Read this book in one go - okay it wasn’t very long - because it flowed so wonderfully. I liked the descriptions of Paris where she lives. Adèle: A Novel Slimani Leila. Brilliant.

It does not endear you to the characters at all and therefore the story doesn’t flow.

Greg is bored, demoralized, obese, and as dubious of GJ’s desire to be found as he is of his own motivation to go looking. No substance to the book. [Leïla Slimani] -- She wants only one thing: to be wanted. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Unique.