A review by thornback_heich
The Earth by Douglas Parmée, Émile Zola

dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.75

La Terre is a captivating and terrifying novel of Emile Zola's, the true essence of naturalism. The atrocities of humans are cruelly depicted in this intricately crafted story and everything feels as if the incident has taken place somewhere in reality. Zola's writing, modest yet infinitely descriptive, launch numerous political debates and critics of peasant life. La Terre raises the ultimate question of how far humans can go to achieve wealth.