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## Thérèse Raquin - A Story of Selfishness



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The journey of audiobook has started with *Breakfast at tiffany's*, a book I was not particularly looking for or familiar with. But nevertheless the experience was pleasant enough  and it set me out to look for more. And that’s how I stumbled upon “Thérèse Raquin”. The credit of course goes to mum along with the title *audiobook stock market*. A burden he has to carry from now on. So, now back to the book. 

Thérèse Raquin, what a marvelous way of portraying the seven deadly sins. Even though the beginning of the story struck quite boring, urging me to give up on it countless times, in the end all the fight to break through the initial boredom to get on with the book was truly worth it.

If selfishness had a book about it, undoubtedly this would’ve been the one. Each character had their own unique self-centered view of life, each holding their unique thread to create the dominos effect. At the beginning, I was particularly rooting for Thérèse as her decision to blend in with the dull life, creating a perfect façade to survive the crucial reality long enough to grasp the desired freedom was truly admirable. But life rarely goes as planned, isn’t it?   

The ability of the author to portray the internal turmoil was the main reason behind this profound admiration of this book. How grief with guilt along with disgust shaped up the fate of everyone involved, how intense forbidden desire seems to numb the mind, how a single action in the heat of a moment could snatch the treasured tranquility and in an instant the long waiting longing become venomous poison. All of these could be found in a tangled mess of selfish and cowardness. Sometimes it makes you laugh on the characters stupidity and sometimes it sends shocking waves of reality. 
 
If I have to choose a favorite part of the book, without a doubt I will pick the ending. There is a satisfying pleasure to see its beauty, the display of pure acceptance, the execution of events that felt like a poem, a dramatic gesture, a perfect end but mostly the beginning of an unsolved mystery.   
