: While many find the psychological buildup riveting, some critics, including those at NPR, felt the final revelation did not quite match the intensity of the preceding narrative. Summary of Reviews Key Takeaway The New York Times
: 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
: Nora describes herself as a "good girl"—the dependable, invisible woman who lives upstairs. However, she harbors a "fierce, furious rage" over the life she never led and her stalled career as an artist. : While many find the psychological buildup riveting,
: Reviewers from The New York Times and NPR praise Messud’s prose as "urgent," "incendiary," and "intellectual". : Nora describes herself as a "good girl"—the
Brilliant portrait of two women artists, though the ending is a bit light. "Breathtaking... fresh, fierce, furious rage". Financial Times "Addictive, memorable, intense". The Woman Upstairs (2013), by Claire Messud - ANZ LitLovers