A review by hannahlee
Ladivine by Marie NDiaye

4.0

This novel was truly different from anything I have read before, and I mean that as a great compliment. The surreality of it is almost like magic realism, and yet different. At every turn a new seemingly-innocuous-but-nevertheless-ominous detail is revealed, with deeply unsettling outcomes for the reader. Formally, thematically, and linguistically, this is a strange, strange book. I really liked it.