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1%%* AlasPoorScrappy: Camille. '''How is Camille a Scrappy and why do we feel pity for him?'''
2* NightmareFuel: The excruciating description of Camille's dead body (as "not pretty" as the decomposing bodies of drowned people usually are). And each time it is brought up as Thérèse and Laurent are haunted by such visions of him after the murder and [[SanitySlippage lose their sanity]].
3* TooBleakStoppedCaring: The novel is one of the darkest pieces of FrenchLiterature from 19th century, no-one in it is redeemable and the sheer horror of the two murderous lovers being [[SanitySlippage haunted by their crime]] via Camille's corpse manifesting to them at all times plus the [[AndIMustScream degeneration of Mrs. Raquin's body into total paralysis]] can make for an excruciating reading experience.

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