> Babelio : https://www.babelio.com/livres/Kasischke-En-un-monde-parfait/191244
> Psychologies magazine : https://fr.calameo.com/books/000048378bf6d93a97b95

> Ce qui est rare chez Laura Kasischke, c'est ce curieux mélange de maîtrise et d'émotion, d'étrangeté et de simplicité, d'atrocité et de poésie. Douée d’un talent de narration peu commun, Laura Kasischke est une écrivaine capable de déchaîner la terreur et d’en faire surgir la beauté.
—Olivia de Lamberterie, Elle.

I enjoyed this book. It covered so many issues: global warming, epidemics, motherhood, family, and survival. These topics don't sound like they would go together, but this book is beautifully written in the way it ties them together. The author based a lot of this story on the Black Plague which I haven't read much about. I am now interested in reading about it. Not all the characters are likeable at first, but many redeem themselves as the novel progresses. This is definitely a novel about the choices we make and the choices we are sometimes forced into. This book holds a lot of fodder for book club discussions. Definitely will be reading more from this author. ( )

At first I disliked the book. Kind of romantic, almost a chic-lit story of a not-too-bright flight attendant who falls in love with a pilot. Blah. But then the pandemic strikes and the story turns into something else. This is definitely not the post-apocalyptic story I suspected, but an interesting one nonetheless. I kept wondering, though, would it really be so easy and peaceful to live in a world where the infrastructure is more or less lost? Would life in small town America continue peacefully - only without electricity - while the big cities collapsed? They might. But for how long? ( )

I was unsure about the novel for most of the time I spent reading - it seemed purely superficial, lacking some sort of depth that could truly draw me into the story. While the situation was eerily prescient for our current times, I just couldn't quite connect with Jiselle's life. And then the author gave this book the absolute perfect ending - for THIS story - and it all came together. I'm extremely happy I stuck it out until the end, because it wound up being a thoroughly rewarding experience. ( )

Cela se lit avec plaisir, même si le thème de la fin de notre monde moderne fait penser à bien d'autres romans (me viennent par exemple La Route de Cormac MacCarthy, plus anciennement, Maleville de Robert Merle ou encore plus ancien Ravage de René Barjavel ). La particularité de celui-ci est la thématique de l'amour maternel à l'intérieur d'une famille recomposé comme on dit de nos jours. Autant la femme est exemplaire autant le mari volant (pilote de ligne) et très volage est absolument odieux. Bien sûr, cela n'atteint pas la noirceur de Cormac Maccarthy et la fin laisse en suspension le sort de cette famille isolée dans un univers de désolation et de dangers. ( )