Finished! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
"Les épreuves les plus dures sont censées, au contraire faire tomber nos masques et nos barrières. Ce que vous voyez aujourd'hui d'elle ne serait-il pas, dans ce cas, sa facette la plus honnête ? "
My review of 2023 :
When I first read this book , I was so engaged with the plot that I had no time to pay attention to anything else . Yes, I did get emotionally attached to the characters , despite how fast I read it because I was so eager to know what was going on plot-wise then , but Khaoula has this ability to make you feel everything, to love her characters with passion and hate them with the same passion .
The second read , though, her words hit differently. The story felt deeper . I came to view every little detail magnified and under a new light . It wasn't mainly about the plot anymore . It was about the psychological journey , the healing , the self-discovery, the self building and the growth journey . It just felt more , meant more and did more to my mind and heart than the first time I read it .
I've said this before when I reread "À ta place" , that the book became more meaningful . The same thing happened again . The hurt felt deeper , the agony , the anger , the despair and the hatred , but also the love , the healing , the acceptance and the determination to just BE .
When I finished the last sentence of the book , the only question that remained in me was : If I had to relive my biggest fear /trauma like our main character did over and over again, would I be able to face it , build myself again and sacrifice every chance I had to save myself from so much pain and choose to save the one i love ?
I don't really know ! I guess no one knows for sure until you experience it !
P.S : To the ones who never read to Khaoula , please do ! She's such an amazing author , writer , storyteller, but mostly a people lover . She just creates the most human-like characters ever with every piece of the bad , the good and everything in between.
My review of 2019 :
I'm sorry , What ?! What was that ?! What did I read ?!🙇🙇🙇🙇
I'm dazed ! My mind went on a Rollercoaster of emotions ! No , no ! My mind's turned into an amusement park ! A ride of suspense, a ride of fear , a ride of anticipation, confusion , excitement, pain , happiness, sadness , anger ... etc . Then , with the last word of the last page , it shut down and went blank ! 😱😱😱😱😱😱
Every element that would make me fall in love with a book , " Le Cauchemar Du Bathyscaphe " had it . 😍😍😍😍😍 This is why I didn't want to read it until the last book of the trilogy comes out . I knew, that once I start reading it , I will be too eager to know what will happen next , too eager to grab the next book . But , this is a whole new level of eagerness!
I'm on the verge of turning mental due to my insane effort to stop myself from starting " Du Vortex à L'Abysse " . And this book was mental , by the way ! 😂😂😂 So , excuse my temporary craziness ! 😝😋😜 I don't want to spoil it for those who want to read it so I'm not going to talk about anything specific. Just know that I highly recommend it ! This book is beyond amazing !👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💙💙