They Say Sarah

They Say Sarah by Pauline Delabroy-Allard (Translated from the French by Adriana Hunter) 176 pages 

The unnamed narrator of this novella is a single mother living in Paris. Although she has a boyfriend, the narrator feels something is missing.

On New Year’s Eve of an undisclosed year, the narrator attends a party. She isn’t having a very good time until the loud, obnoxious Sarah makes an appearance. The narrator is fascinated with this woman who is the total opposite of herself.

Although they start out as friends, it isn’t long before they wind up in bed, something they narrator says has never happened before---for either of them.

I saw this story as one about love, not about being gay. But as with many relationships, one of the parties becomes obsessed with the other.

I have to say that I did not like this book.  I was annoyed with the author; why the narrator couldn’t named---unless of course, the reader was supposed to insert herself into that role. That’s asking a lot from the reader. There was too much angst, mostly on Sarah’s part, for me. The plot is almost non-existent: two women obsessed with each other

“They Say Sarah” receives 2 out of 5 stars in Julie’s world.