From the first pages, I am captivated by the structure of paragraphs that make up a drama, which will be permanent throughout the book! Rarely I would read a book so well constructed where the author takes the reader, without asking her opinion, where he wants.
Besides writing qualities that fully reconciled me with Zola, the story is fascinating in itself: wild love, passion, murder plot. Everything is present to make this novel a masterpiece. A deeply human book - which reveals to the animal side of our humanity.
I was won over when I took this book with a priori negative. Unable to resist the charms of the "human beast" ...