Reviews

The movie inspired me to read the book from which it is drawn, The Club Dumas, by Arturo Perez-Reverte. He is Spanish and writes in a way similar to Umberto Eco. There are plenty enough reviews. I just want to point out that "The Girl" is unambiguously Lucifer in the book, so reviewers like Diana51 are correct in their deductions. I would say that many of the reviewers find their clues in the various evil qualities that Corso appears to have. In the book the rather interesting and dangerous question is raised as to whether Lucifer is truly evil, or whether, in fact, Lucifer loves humankind, and out of love persuades Adam and Eve to acquire knowledge about themselves, calling into question the nature and source of good and evil.