Marie’s Reviews > The Crimson Petal and the White > Status Update

"Even when Agnes is not bedridden, novels are such a boon, for they bring a steady supply of noble and attractive human beings into her life which, it must be said, the world at large is not generous with. A sympathetic herione, she finds, is almost as good as a friend of flesh and blood."

"Even when Agnes is not bedridden, novels are such a boon, for they bring a steady supply of noble and attractive human beings into her life which, it must be said, the world at large is not generous with. A sympathetic herione, she finds, is almost as good as a friend of flesh and blood."

"if you are bored beyond endurance, I can only offer my promise that there will be fucking in the very near future, not to mention madness, abduction, and violent death."