Mariah’s Reviews > The Parisian > Status Update

I’m deeply disappointed. Isabella Hammad writes lovely prose, but I really dislike this plot. I dislike <spoiler>when someone’s death is the catalyst for a romantic relationship, and I dislike that Midhat’s motivation to study psychiatric illness comes down to his romantic feelings, and I dislike that I’m supposed to feel something about Laurent’s death but she gave me no reason to care.</spoiler>