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A review by nushhetti
Base Notes by Lara Elena Donnelly
4.0
It is difficult to talk about this book and not draw parallels with Perfume - the subject matter is too similar. However it has been a while since I last read Perfume so some of it may be a faulty memory.
The modern setting of Base Notes made if far more real than Perfume was for me. Difficult to read in parts, gruesome and gritty. There are a lot of unusual descriptions of mundane events - which forced me go back to check I had really read that correctly.
It was only once I had finished the book that I realised that I had assumed that Vic was male - I don't think their gender is ever revealed (I could be wrong).
The modern setting of Base Notes made if far more real than Perfume was for me. Difficult to read in parts, gruesome and gritty. There are a lot of unusual descriptions of mundane events - which forced me go back to check I had really read that correctly.
It was only once I had finished the book that I realised that I had assumed that Vic was male - I don't think their gender is ever revealed (I could be wrong).