A competent and light tale of misdemeanor in rural America, told at a brisk pace with funny dialogue. Entertaining, but somewhat lacking in depth.
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English to French translator who likes to read and to keep track of said reading. And also hates goodreads.
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Clément Martin rated L'Arabe du Futur 2: 4 stars
Clément Martin rated L'Arabe du futur: 4 stars
Clément Martin rated Five Decembers: 3 stars
Clément Martin rated Désirer à tout prix: 4 stars
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Clément Martin rated Le monde sans fin: 5 stars
Le monde sans fin by Christophe Blain, Jean-Marc Jancovici
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Clément Martin rated Lavinia: 5 stars
Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin
In The Aeneid, Vergil's hero fights to claim the king's daughter, Lavinia, with whom he is destined to found an …
Clément Martin rated Ninth Metal: 3 stars
Clément Martin reviewed Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
The narrative drive of Stowe's classic novel is often overlooked in the heat of the …
Review of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Clément Martin reviewed Summer, fireworks, and my corpse by Otsuichi
Review of 'Summer, fireworks, and my corpse' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
Three stories with interesting ideas but poor execution.
You will expect the twists from a mile away, and those that might take you by surprise will leave you absolutely unaffected. Characters are hard to relate to because of stilted dialogue and narrators that state the obvious way too often. Also, stay away from this if you're sensitive to gore in any way.
I understand the author was very young when he wrote this. Maybe the same ideas used with more competent style could work out better.
