Mad Shadows
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Mad Shadows
This novel "Mad Shadows" is less fictional then it is authentic. In today's world, it is obvious how most people are influenced and admire others mostly because of their physical beauty. However this novel exaggerates this point to a great extent to be realized. Isabelle-Marie and Patrice who are excessively fond of beauty by their mother Louise nearly blinds them, thinking of it as a necessity like food and shelter.
One of the main characters in the story, Louise is a perfect example of how someone loses their right sense of understanding. Excessively blinded by beauty, she denies the fact that her own son has mental problem. As long as she can still admire his gorgeous features, as she thinks that this beauty reflects back on her. Lost in her own world she forgets the fact that she also has a daughter to raise into a decent young woman. In actual fact, she rather detests Isabelle-Marie for not having such beauty as herself or Patrice. At a point in the story, Louise notices a vein bulging on her neck she makes a great commotion about such a small thing, referring it as "a viper"...