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diadorim's review against another edition
3.0
La légende dépasse bien certainement la réalité, et il est dur de parler de ce roman sans rapidement entrer dans le mythe de son jeune auteur mort à vingt ans et du contexte médiatique de sa publication. Il en reste cependant un tableau assez juste des tourments des premières passions adolescentes - entre désir, obsession, naïveté et sadisme, sous couvert de chaos sentimental et hormonal. L'aspect le plus pertinent du roman est certainement son affront aux institutions morales de l'après-guerre et le courage d'exposer ouvertement certains sujets jugés tabous et généralement absents du discours publique de l'époque.
lmag313's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
louison_pluton's review against another edition
1.0
Ce livre est une purge. Comment une histoire si courte peut m'avoir donné l'impression de m'avoir pris tant de temps ? Le protagoniste est haïssable, même s'il est jeune. Bref Raymond Radiguet a plutôt intérêt à ce que ça ne soit pas une autobiographie cachée.
pipravc's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
chris_h7654's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
A remorseless and carefully-observed story of an adolescent’s love affair with a married woman. Ah, the near-sociopathy of youth!
_elise_'s review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
piprcvi's review against another edition
4.0
such an incredibly underrated book. radiguet got both acclaim and backlash from this book, and if he’d lived to write more i have no doubt he’d become a major author. and his writing is something i could never get enough of i don’t think. the main character becomes increasingly dislikable — constantly manipulating and emotionally abusing marthe — and it was an interesting narrative to see
anjsi's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
audryt's review against another edition
5.0
Exceedingly sophisticated material written in the tone of a mature narrator looking back on the dramatic and often terrible behavior of his youth -- which is amazing, when you consider that this novel was written by a youth.
Reading this story about a teenage boy carrying on an affair with a married woman was like watching a two-year-old throw a temper-tantrum -- only the tantrum involved sex, deception, passion, manipulation, rape, and regret. Short and potent without being overly graphic, raw and honest, and a very compelling read.
Reading this story about a teenage boy carrying on an affair with a married woman was like watching a two-year-old throw a temper-tantrum -- only the tantrum involved sex, deception, passion, manipulation, rape, and regret. Short and potent without being overly graphic, raw and honest, and a very compelling read.