Perfume: The Story of a Murderer in Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge

Aug 05, 2010 Meg marked it as gave-up · review of another edition

Shelves: lit, owned, 2010

Just couldn't get through it. "It's not you, it's me." There's no reason I shouldn't really like this book - it's interesting and well-written. But I just can't finish. ...more

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Jun 14, 2008 Rachel rated it it was ok

Oh Perfume, Perfume, Perfume. This book would've gotten three stars if it weren't for the middle section. Seriously, when I initially read the back cover, I half-expected people to drop dead left and right while the batshit insane Jean-Baptiste Grenouille created his "ultimate scent" - which he does but it takes a long time to get there, folks! I should REALLY learn that the teaser summary isn't the entire book. For shame, Rachel, for shame.

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Jun 12, 2009 Laurie rated it it was ok

Shelves: 2010

Someone highly recommended this book to me, and I always hate it when I don't like a book someone recommends, but I did not like this book. It is about a strange man who has no odor of his own, but has an amazing sense of smell. It goes inside his mind as he commits some murders, and in that way it is interesting, but I really really did not like the main character and did not want to be inside his mind. That was probably the point, but it did not make for an enjoyable read. I did like the descr ...more

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