Despite some few menial flaws (probably corrected in the last update), "Changeling" was a very good read. I appreciated that the classical themes weren't a pretext to over broached some happy clichés. For instance, if there are two young boy, there isn't any love triangle! (Shocking I know, one of them is just a childhood …
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What an excellent surprise! Time's Children was an excellent read, intelligent, original and thorough. The book is rather long, but doesn't show, the reading is always easy and satisfying, quite enjoyable. I really like reading fantasy stories but can be easily disappointed. I love personality and good writing, but can't stand thoroughly longish sadistic descriptions, …
My first impressions were very good, I was enthusiastic and ready for a very good read. The ebook I received is lovely, with two beautiful maps and very soigné chapters' font. Alas I became quickly disillusioned... The good points were plentiful: a classic setting but an original and fascinating magic. This aspect I loved. The whole …
It's not a bad read by no means, but I'm afraid I can't enjoy this kind of story anymore. I stopped at the half. A mix of good things, authenticity and good dialogues, but also clichés and stereotypes - I don't have the patience nowadays. (Ah. Sexe scenes bore me to death too ^-^) The best …
This mystery was particularly interesting and arresting. I was happy to quickly have my own suspicions; but to be honest, I must have read this book a long tome ago, and if I didn't remember one think about it, it's probable that I was involuntary marked by the main idea at the time. The first …
Ce roman remarquable (et je pèse mes mots) vient de paraître aux éditions Nathan. Voici quelques arguments pour vous poussez à lire - pour les bonnes raisons. Tout d'abord si votre unique expérience de l'auteur se réduit (comme moi) à son succès français "La Faucheuse" parue chez CollectionR, ne vous attendez pas à retrouver le …
(I thank Netgalley and 47North for sending me the ARC in exchange for my honest review) A very good sequel to "The serpent": if you have liked the first book of the series you'll probably like this one as much. I appreciated some nice inventivity for the middle part, with a strong atmosphere and an …
Depuis quelques temps j'ai entrepris de relire petit à petit tous les livres de l'auteur en vo. Je me rappelle assez bien de certains, mais pas du tout ou très peu d'autres, comme celui-ci. Ce roman est le premier roman policier de l'auteur, la première fois où Poirot entre en scène ! C'est aussi un …
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This short story was a good read, particularly interesting for its setting, an uchronic New Orleans. This aspect I loved, it was cleverly done, beautifully evocative and food for thoughts. In fact it was maybe too much for such a short story, which is a little unbalanced for that, sometimes penalised with some pieces of …
I've probably read nearly all the AC's novels a long time ago, but don't remember much of many of them and decided to reread them in English. I love the author, for the mysteries but also for her characters' subtlety. But for this one I was surprised to find the story not much enjoyable. My …
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Hélène Louise Auteure 