The novel Nous aussi is set within a bourgeois family living in a Haussmann-style apartment building on the left bank of Paris. These buildings, known for their uniform design and interconnected doors, are often associated with wealth and tradition. The family lives in an environment rich in books, good manners, and summer trips to the Château, a symbol of leisure and privilege. The narrative explores how privilege is not just a setting but a way of life—a language, a way of breathing, and a comforting state in which people grow without realizing the limitations around them. As the novel progresses, it begins to reveal the hidden tensions within the family. It exposes hierarchies, blind spots, and silences, eventually leading to the disturbing discovery of incest within this cultivated and values-driven clan. The use of pronouns like "We" and "us" becomes central to the story, blurring the boundaries between family members. In the children's baths, a rule is considered self-evident: "Everyone has the right to see everything, it is normal, we are one." But beneath this sense of unity, cracks begin to form. The narrator, seeking to break free from the family's influence, discovers that forming an individual identity is not something that can be done on command. The novel's language, often described as grammatically complex and virtuosic, becomes an experience of entanglement. A pivotal moment comes with the phrase "We can no longer be us," which the entire language of the book has been building up to. This marks a fracture in the family's dynamics and a turning point in the narrative. While Nous aussi is consistent in its approach, there are moments where the tension feels stretched to the point of fatigue. The social satire is most effective when it emerges from subtle details like an address, a table setting, or a diploma. However, at times, it becomes more overt. In the final pages, some formulations restate what the narrative had already made clear, potentially diminishing the ambiguity that gave the novel its strength. Nevertheless, Nous aussi remains a novel as much about form as it is about memory. It tells less of a specific secret than the collective creation of silence and less of a monstrous family than a system where love, inheritance, and belonging blur the lines. The final line, "There are things we do not say," reflects the entire book's exploration of the cost of breaking that silence.