La Vérité sur l'Affaire Harry Quebert
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This is the first full book I've read in French, so.. yay for that. The plot is insane. I'm glad it was so engaging because otherwise reading it in French would have probably been too difficult and I'd have given up. As it was, I sometimes found myself annoyed that I had to slow down to look words up, but other times it felt like the words were jumping off the page. I'd look up any number of words to make sure I understood exactly what was happening and to keep progressing.
Stylistically though, it's... pretty bad. Normally I might not even comment on that, but for a book with a character that alludes to Nabokov (his Lola is Dicker's Nola) and sometimes even tries to playfully imitate Nabokov (N.O.L.A.), you just can't miss on style. To use a sports metaphor, if you want to play in the big leagues, you better bring your A game. Sometimes the prose had me rolling my eyes. It's not as stock as say, Stephen King, (yes, I did go there), but it can be pretty tough to ignore sometimes.
That said, don't skip it. Don't read it for style, but read it. The story is fantastic.
Dévoré en l'espace d'un week-end, je regrette limite d'avoir attendu aussi longtemps tellement ce livre m'a tenu en haleine. L'écriture y est fluide et au fur et à mesure que les pages défilent le mystère entourant l'affaire Quebert s'épaissit au point de devenir une immense toile qu'on ne peut plus lâcher. Une splendide surprise.
facile à lire, plein de rebondissements, divertissant mais dans un style trop léger et plein de longueurs
Une très bonne lecture pour la plage : un polar passionnant doublé d'une jolie histoire d'amour, le tout entouré d'une réflexion sur l'écriture et le “métier” d'écrivain.
Absolutamente fabuloso. No solo el relato está muy pero muy bien conseguido, en particular por lo difícil que resulta contar una historia que transcurre en 2, 3 y hasta 4 tiempos paralelos; pero el trabajo aquí en ese aspecto es brillante. La historia es atrapante, tornándose mas y mas compleja a medida que transcurren las páginas. El cierre es una montaña rusa de giros argumentales y pone cada cosa en su lugar con una prolijidad envidiable. Y el relato final, el resumen de “La verdad del caso Harry Quebert” emociona hasta las lágrimas. Un libro realmente recomendable.