Patrick süskind books5/24/2023 Grenouille and smells are two things that can’t be separate. The story takes place in eighteen-century of France where you can imagine the roads are very hectic, busy, crowded and smells. (Even though I really admire France architecture) Yes, I sucked at Geography and bad in remembering names. The story settings on France, so coming from Indonesia, I found it quite difficult for me to picture the exact location because I am not familiar with the roads, like how he can slip through this way here and there. The story centres on Jean-Baptiste Grenouille - the protagonist as well as the murderer. Totally rip you off from your typical classic fantasy. However, this is a whole new level classic. I used to read classic with a very prominent and promising main lead with bright future ahead and learning the meaning of life a lot from the genre. Give me a second.” This is probably the darkest classic I have ever read. I was shocked when this book is categorized as classic. Isn’t that enough to triggers your reader souls? What triggers me more, this book is refers as not only bestseller but also international sensation. I started to read the summary then decided that I could take my time to read this book (I’m not that busy but let me pretend to be one) but then reality hits harder when reading expectations turns to illusion and I ended up reading this months after my confident proclamation. And that was all he wanted.”Īt first glance, I am captivated by the title. “He succeeded in being considered totally uninteresting.
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