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jamiezaccaria's review against another edition
3.0
I didn't know anything about Marie until I read this and it was very impressive how thorough the author managed to be. The book did a good job at explaining life during her time in France, her situation in that life and how she choose to take control of it. The author very successfully describes Marie in a way that makes the reader understand her infamy. While at some points, particularly towards the end, I found it dragging, overall it was a great biography of a woman who deserves it.
laweirdgurl's review against another edition
informative
sad
slow-paced
3.0
A serviceable biography which gives a lot of interesting historical background, however I found the first half to be more compelling.
ladykate03's review against another edition
3.0
I’m not quite sure what compelled me to pick up this book. It tells the story of Marie Duplessis, one of the 19th century’s most well known courtesans from her difficult upbringing to her rise among the Paris elite. Made famous by her beauty, Duplessis’ story is much better known through the novel, play and opera that made her a cultural icon.
Read full review: https://mybookbagblog.wordpress.com/2017/07/18/julie-kavanagh-the-girl-who-loved-camellias-2013/
Read full review: https://mybookbagblog.wordpress.com/2017/07/18/julie-kavanagh-the-girl-who-loved-camellias-2013/
alli_teration's review
4.0
I loved it! Intriguing story about a courtesan in Paris. The author obviously did an amazing amount of research and the story is heartbreaking and, in an odd way, inspiring.
I can feel the pull to read more about the time period and the characters that were discussed in the book.
I can feel the pull to read more about the time period and the characters that were discussed in the book.
bthny's review
3.0
Didn't actually finish - victim of library return date. But I was kind of okay with that because I'd had about enough. I got kind of annoyed with the continuous portrayal of Marie as a fallen-woman-subject-to-fate. Maybe that was the legend, but was the reality? And if it was the "reality," whose reality is that based on? Eh. I don't know.
gossamerchild's review against another edition
3.0
You know that feeling you get when you go to a concert of a band whose music you're not overly familiar with? Well, that's how I felt when I read this book. It was interesting and well structured, but I have no way of knowing how accurate the research is. Not that I would really know, anyway, but I have no previous background information on this woman. Fascinating stuff, though. But too brief. Which is probably as it should be, as she was only 23 when she died, but still.
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