Adele
Paperback Published on: 03/10/2019
Price: £9.99
Bookseller Reviews
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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
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
Synopsis
Adele appears to have the perfect life.
A respected journalist, she lives in a flawless Parisian apartment with her surgeon husband and their young son. But beneath the veneer of 'having it all', she is bored - and consumed by an insatiable need for sex, whatever the cost.
Struggling to contain the twin forces of compulsion and desire, she begins to orchestrate her life around her one night stands and extramarital affairs, arriving late to work and lying to her husband about where she's been, until she becomes ensnared in a trap of her own making.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Faber & Faber
- ISBN: 9780571331963
- Number of pages: 224
- Dimensions: 198 x 128 x 15 mm
- Weight: 156g
- Languages: English
Customer Reviews
View allExcellent 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
5*
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
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
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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