Reply To: What did you think of A World of Curiosities and why?
Terrible trauma, its aftermath, and ultimately some form of forgiveness… Louise somehow uses historical frameworks and the villagers of Three Pines to show these themes as living proof of the goodness of people. The exceptions, of course, being John Fleming and Sam Arsenault, who seemed to be beyond healing or redemption. I also like the fact that the book begins with the mass killings at the Ecole Polytechnique (an actual event in Montreal) and ends with three women, all survivors of trauma, rescuing Jean Guy, Reine-Marie, and Armand. This book was so rich I could go on and on with what I liked, but I’ll stop there.