Reviews
My first Amélie Nothomb book and if I'm honest I probably won't be rushing to read another. It felt like a load of words just jumbled together and the excessive use of pretentious words, makes it way more confusing to read. I struggled to follow the story. It's a novella about friendship, champagne and harsh realities in a way. The narrator meets Pétronille through author channels and they end up as drinking buddies, but soon grow a lifelong friendship where they go on adventures together, drink more champagne and have heated arguments. It comes across as quite a tumultuous friendship with little in common. Pétronille has always seemed a little extrovert, opinionated and honestly a bit crazy but there's a twist at the end which I was most definitely not expecting. This book is originally French and has been translated and published for the UK market.