A review by theuncultured
Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan

3.0

This book can definitely be read in one sitting. However, to long for the events to unfold, one ought to approach it from a distance, slowly, and dumbly. Françoise Sagan wrote this book when she was 18 years old and my opinion is that you can only justify the ramblings of a 17 year old sociopath (the character Cécile in the book) when the writer herself is around the same age (how creepy if, say, a middle-aged man had written the deep feelings of a 12 year old girl? *Lolita*.) If I look at my diary when I was around that age, the thoughts and feelings will sound similar to Cécile's and so I'm inclined to sympathize with the author. The story itself was simple and slightly entertaining. I enjoyed it and would recommend it to anyone who has a short train ride coming up with nothing of significance to read.