A "liberation" for Messud; urgent and psychologically charged. Mixed/Positive
: Her life changes when she meets the Shahids—a glamorous, sophisticated family from Paris. She becomes obsessed with all three: the young Reza, his academic father Skandar, and especially the mother, Sirena, a successful installation artist. La vecina de arriba - Claire Messud.epub
: Reviewers from The New York Times and NPR praise Messud’s prose as "urgent," "incendiary," and "intellectual". A "liberation" for Messud
: The story follows Nora's deep emotional investment in this family and the eventual monstrous betrayal that shatters her illusions. Critical Reception his academic father Skandar