Why this book? I just watched the French film starring Isabelle Huppert, who they say is one of the best actresses in the world. Um, ok.

The main character in this story, Michèle Leblanc, certainly has a lot of drama going on in her life! In addition to being raped, she's got an Ex, she runs a company, she has issues with her Mother's life, her son is moving in with an abusive pregnant girlfriend, and her Dad is a mass murderer...or serial killer...I forget if the murders all happened on the same day or different days. They don't spend any time on that in the movie.

Anyway, I'm really hoping that the book goes deeper into each of the characters. The reviews here on Goodreads are definitely mixed. I'll let some time go by before I read it. Give my mind time to forget so that I'll go into the book blind.

The narrator is like an automaton, which was either a deliberate decision on the author's part or further evidence that men have difficulty writing plausible female characters. Either way the book was tedious. Not recommended. ( )