Reviews

The Death of Olivier Becaille by Émile Zola

safcsue13's review against another edition

dark hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

socorrobaptista's review against another edition

4.0

Contos bem interessantes, diferentes de tudo que li antes. Recomendo!!

paulataua's review

3.0

I’ve been thinking of going back and reading some Zola for quite a long time , and chose this short story because I wasn’t ready to tackle 600 pages of ‘Germinal’ or ‘La Bête Humaine’ just now. ‘The Death of Olivier Becaille’ is a premature burial story in a naturalist style and works on that level. We are what natural forces made us. I feel I lean more to a realist position but enjoyed, if enjoyed is really the right word, the story as told.

rincondejoss's review against another edition

4.0

This one was an interesting story, poor Olivier had quite the adventure while dead.

The topic was very dark yes as it was the mind of our protagonist, but it wasn't bad at all, very enlightening to the very end.

Poor Marguerite, I can only imagine her life, but the only character I could be very relatable to was Olivier he had a very weird life and by the end I was happy to see everything actually went well for him in a way.

What I liked more of this one is that it gives you perspective on life in a very different angle.