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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind

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nils_0's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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winsomefish's review against another edition

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challenging dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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anhedonia_n_anomie's review against another edition

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It had a very interesting start, and is absolutely very well-written, but it just became an unpleasant read—for me—after a certain point.
The book is a slow-burner—so takes a while to get to the meat of the plot—and with the main character being this inhuman creature (so to speak) who doesn't engage with anyone else in the story, doesn't speak, doesn't have much of an inner life (outside of what his superpowered olfactory sense brings to him), and who is just constantly behaving incredibly revoltingly—I just couldn't stick it out until things started going somewhere.

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glueeater's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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bookbelle5_17's review against another edition

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dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Review of Perfume

By: Patrick Suskind

A dark story about a man Jean Baptiste Grenouille, who is born without an odor, but he is also born with unnaturally strong sense of smell. As an adult, he becomes a perfumer, and becomes obsessed with finding the perfect scent by committing murder.

This story gave me feelings of intrigue and disgust all at once as we see the world through Grenouille’s eyes. He is disgusted with humanity and takes advantage of the ignorance of them. Since scent is Grenouille’s talent and obsession, we a get a lot of these detailed descriptions of all different scents. I love the way the author describes the various scents, including the odors I would fine gross. His skill with smell with almost scientific accuracy as he creates these perfumes that exhibit intoxicating scents that exude desire, innocence, and a generic human odor. Also, some of Grenouille’s actions are disturbing, as he not only murder humans, but also animals, making me not able to read it. Not only do we get great descriptions of smells, but we also have beautiful sentences to tell this story.

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