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Léonie

by Marlène Charine, published on March 23, 2022 by Éditions Calmann Levy Noir.


His favorite quote:

From what she's read on the Internet, it's called cabin syndrome, or snail syndrome.

Anxiety to get out of a place of confinement that has become a cocoon over time.

Something ironic.

Leo heartily hates this house and all it means, but she is unable to part with it.


Why this book?

  • Because Léonie has been a young woman who has been captive for six years,

    kidnapped during a party by a man named Raymond.

    When the latter collapses following a heart attack, the heroine finally has the opportunity to regain her freedom... Unfortunately, things turn out to be more difficult for the one who had dreamed of this moment for six long years and she will find herself unable to face the outside world, the corpse of his captor on his arms.

  • Because in this raw, immersive and surprising choral novel,

    the reader will also discover Diane and her brother Loïc.

    The latter, a former cop, was the victim of a paragliding accident six years earlier and now finds himself prisoner of a body that no longer really responds to him and unable to speak.

    His big sister, Diane, puts all her energy into taking care of him and is ready to do anything to make him happy.

  • Because the link between Léonie and Loïc at first seems to boil

    down to the fact that Loïc and his team should have investigated the disappearance of the young woman six years earlier had it not been for her paragliding accident that occurred the same day.

    Then a body is found in the forest of the King Nine, strangely mutilated by a wild beast, and as the plot unfolds we discover the unexpected impact their lives will have on each other. .

  • Because once immersed in this punchy novel by Marlène Charine,

    it is very difficult to put it down as the plot is so interesting and the characters are endearing.

    Above all, you will not be immune to dizzying plot twists that will make this book a hypnotizing read.

    The author moves away from the clichés that one might expect in such a novel and offers us a gallery of realistic characters with trying journeys.


The essentials in 2 minutes

The plot.

Léonie, captive for six years, has the possibility of regaining freedom when her captor dies.

Finally, this freedom that she had so hoped for turns out to be disconcerting because it turns out to be very difficult for the woman to leave this house which has kept her prisoner for so long.

Characters.

Léonie is a young woman who you might think is broken at first sight but who turns out to be full of courage and rage.

Diane is a woman devoted to her brother and who seems to hide a heavy repressed past.

Loïc is a character with a sharp mind and humor stuck in a body that no longer responds to him.

Places.

The novel could take place in France or in a French-speaking country (probably Switzerland where the author is from) although no place is clearly mentioned.

The time.

The story begins after 2189 days of captivity, i.e. five years, eleven months and twenty-nine days.

The author.

Marlène Charine is a Swiss author who specializes in thrillers and SFFF (science fiction, fantasy and fantasy).

This book was read with

pleasure by Anne-So Echos de Mots, blogger specializing in children's and teenage literature.

“For me, reading can be as much a personal pleasure in which one runs to take refuge as an excuse to discuss and meet other readers.

I am a lover of words always interested in new discoveries.

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