Das Parfum: Die Geschichte eines Mörders by Patrick Süskind
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
That was a very interesting read. I was lucky enough to find a copy in German at my local library and decided to read it during my train ride. While reading it the world around me just disappeared.
The characters, main and secondary, are extremely realistically created and portrayed. The amount of insight we get into the psychology of each character is remarkable, especially since the story never got boring for even a page.
The plot was intriguing, a little bit creepy and horrifyingly human in its strangest way.
The writing in German was just what I remember German literature, sentence structure and story telling in general should feel like: full-bodied, smooth and a joy to read.
Overall, I am very glad I had the opportunity to read this wonderfully twisted story in German. I would recommend it to anyone, who enjoys German literature and the representation of humanity in all its abnormal and eerie ways.
