A review by fe_lea
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind

dark slow-paced

2.25

I really liked the concept and thought it unique. However, I wasn’t a big fan of the execution. It was fine, and I figured it was trying to mimic 18th century writing. It just didn’t work for me which is unfortunate because I really thought I would like this. The writing felt a little unfocused, focusing on parts I didn’t care about and skimming the parts I actually wanted to read about. Perhaps this is why I ended up feeling a little disconnected to the story. I loved the parts that focused on Grenouille’s sense of smell, the almost orgasmic intoxication from the smells, but I wish the author could have delved deeper into his psyche instead of endless paragraphs about perfumes or distilling random objects like coins or wood. All these unnecessary paragraphs made the story feel longer than it actually is.

Also, it’s quite obvious that a man wrote this. Something about it using virgin girls just gives me ick.