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This book has a language and style that is easy to read, and the words flowed in a good way. I want to almost say PLEASURABLE to read. BUT
The content was NOT pleasurable- it made me squeamish and I wanted to put the book down several times. I kept going because
1) It was a short book
2) I have fantasies of being a snobbish reader (a French book written during the Dreyfuss affair about the hypocrisy of European civilisation, why yes please)
3) I kept thinking woa this is like Gone Girl except the g ...more
The content was NOT pleasurable- it made me squeamish and I wanted to put the book down several times. I kept going because
1) It was a short book
2) I have fantasies of being a snobbish reader (a French book written during the Dreyfuss affair about the hypocrisy of European civilisation, why yes please)
3) I kept thinking woa this is like Gone Girl except the g ...more
