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rachel
Apr 03, 2021 marked it as abandoned
Therese Raquin is less than 200 pages long, about miserable people and murder, and rather well-written and yet it's time for me to admit that I need to give up. How did we get here? This is my usual wheelhouse and still I can't (won't?) read more than 5 pages at once before exchanging the book for my phone or taking a nap regardless of whether I was tired when I sat down to read.

It's hard to know if this is the fault of the book or my mood. Year Two of the pandemic has been one of my best readin
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Carol
Aug 14, 2012 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Good beginning. The middle and ending was drawn out. Terrible devious treatment by Laurent and Therese, poor Francois (cat) and Mrs. Raquin's final days. ...more
Shanea
This took forever to get through. The characters and situation were just so hard to be interested in continuing. Perhaps it was just the translation.
Kristi Krumnow
Jun 30, 2009 rated it really liked it
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Aug 02, 2017 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Anaatasiia Shevchuk
Oct 16, 2010 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Dec 01, 2013 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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