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Book Review of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
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Helpful Score: 3


I originally watched the movie and fell in love with it. When I found out it was a book, I just had to read it. The movie follows very closely to the story, but the book is still well-worth reading. The descriptions are so much more detailed for smells in the book than in the movie, which is simply just a pitfall of movies. The amount of description for even just a single smell makes one realize things about certain smells that one has not considered before. The main character was pitiable and, in some cases, even amiable.

My husband and I both enjoyed this immensely!