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Adele

Leila Slimani (author), Finty Williams (read by)

Product available on: 18/07/2019

£18.37

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Modern Madame Bovary....

Leila Slimani’s first novel Lullaby was one of the most interesting and thought provoking novels of 2018. With Adele, we get to see her matter-of-fact , d... READ MORE

Emine at Bromley

Great read!!

I devoured this in a single day—it’s that compulsive. Slimani writes with such icy precision that you can’t look away, even as Adèle’s life unravels in the... READ MORE

Keeley Stephenson at Leeds

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Publisher: W F Howes Ltd
ISBN: 9781528881548
Languages: English

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Excellent Writing

Having loved the previous published book by Leila, Lullaby, there was no way I was not going to be begging a review copy of this... I started the novel wit... READ MORE

Fiona Sharp

Thought-provoking and enigmatic

Adele is the story of a woman who is consumed by her need to thrill others and, in doing so, escape from her bourgeois existence as a wife, mother and jour... READ MORE

MJG at Cambridge

Bleak but brilliant novel

Adele is a somewhat bleak and transgressive read. On the face of it, Adele has the ideal life. She has a chic apartment, a good job, a loving husband and a... READ MORE

Sam Williams

Had potential, just wasn't good enough

I just couldn't like the character enough, which, wouldn't be the end of the world however the rest of the story just lacked excitement, depth, and couldn'... READ MORE

Innes Leighton

Not impressed

I was a huge fan of Lullaby, Slimani's first book, and was excited to read Adele when it came out. I was severely disappointed if I am brutally honest... A... READ MORE

Vanessa at Doncaster

Compelling and Disturbing

Slimani isn't afraid to address the darker side of the human nature as evidenced by her previous novel Lullaby. Adele is outwardly a happy mother of a you... READ MORE

Tracey McHardy

Compelling exploration of transgression and obsession

Peopled with unpleasant characters, ‘Adele’ is a tale of obsession, sexuality, and of family. It is by no means as powerful as Slimani’s first novel ‘Lulla... READ MORE

Tabby at Kendal

This book won't be everyone cup of tea but it was mine. I loved everything about it, I couldn't put it down for two days. I won't give anything away but I ... READ MORE

Emma Fisk

A Dark Exploration of Sex Addiction and Self-Loathing

In much the same vein as her English-language début 'Lullaby', Leila Slimani's 'Adele' is an acutely written psychological character study of a woman - the... READ MORE

Gemma McConville

Novel set in PARIS (devoured by obsession)

3.75* Adèle is married to her doctor husband, Richard, and together they have a young son Lucien. They live in a nice apartment in a flourishing arrondiss... READ MORE

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