The Gin Palace Audiobook

" One of the saddest stories I've read in a long time. Gervaise starts out as such a beautiful, courageous and ambitious young woman. A man, the drink and losing her child (which was because of a man a& the drink) throws her in downward spiral of desolate destruction. I hope right up until the last few pages that life would turn around for her. "

" Deprimant, long et difficile a lire! Mais je l'ai fini. Yay me! "

" le style de zola est tres trs remarquable et inoubliable aussi "

" Vivid description of working class in Paris "

" This definitely took a while to get into. It's sooo depressing! "

" It's quite a sad story to read. It's well written and makes it plausable that someone who at first tries to make the best out of life in the end will go down hill to end in the gutter. "

" Required reading for anyone who feels smugly superior to poor people. "

" This is an old copy I have left over from my uni days and a class on French lit. It's about a couple of young lovers who move from the countryside into Paris to make a name for themselves but fall into the grips of the green fairy. "

" Heart wrenching. I'm not usually a huge fan of tragic novels. I understand the quality of this read and appreciate it for what it is, but would rather a book that does not bring me down to the darkest depths. "

" Emile Zola is my favorite French writer, I like naturalism detailed realism, and l'Assomoir is all what it is about. "

" I read this in college for an honors class and was totally engrossed in the story, but by the time I finished the dreary end, I remember throwing the book across my dorm room. Too sad! "