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A Verdade Sobre o Caso Harry Quebert by Joël Dicker, Isabel St. Aubyn
23 reviews
jonathanovd's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Pedophilia, and Mental illness
callmeluh's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
Unpopular opinion: j’ai détesté ce livre.
Déjà j’ai détesté le fait que l’auteur cherche à nous faire apprécier un pedocriminel. Parce que c’est ce qu’est Harry Quebert, et parfois j’ai eu le sentiment qu’on cherchait à nous faire oublier ce détail. Il aurait pu être le père de Nola bordel.
Les personnages féminins sont tellement mal traités dans ce livre. Outre le fait qu’elles n’aient aucune personnalité et que l’ensemble de leurs conversations se rapportent aux hommes de leur vie, elle sont sexualisées au possible et passent plus pour des objets que de réels êtres humains.
D’ailleurs, l’ensemble des personnages sont détestables. Ils sont tous égocentriques et vivent dans leur petit monde sans se soucier le moins du monde des autres. Bien sûr, le personnage principal (dont j’ai déjà oublié le nom d’ailleurs) arrive en tête de cette liste.
Si j’ai été très intéressé.e par l’enquête aux débuts du livre, je me suis vite senti.e perdu.e : l’auteur part dans tous les sens, beaucoup trop de choses se passent et parfois elles n’ont aucune logique.
Bref, je sais que je ne lis habituellement pas tout ce qui est thriller/polar, mais je ne m’attendais pas à accrocher aussi peu. Je sais que c’est le premier tome d’une série, mais je m’arrêterai là. J’ai réussi à lire ce livre en 5 jours, ce qui relève du miracle, autant que je m’en tienne là.
Déjà j’ai détesté le fait que l’auteur cherche à nous faire apprécier un pedocriminel. Parce que c’est ce qu’est Harry Quebert, et parfois j’ai eu le sentiment qu’on cherchait à nous faire oublier ce détail. Il aurait pu être le père de Nola bordel.
Les personnages féminins sont tellement mal traités dans ce livre. Outre le fait qu’elles n’aient aucune personnalité et que l’ensemble de leurs conversations se rapportent aux hommes de leur vie, elle sont sexualisées au possible et passent plus pour des objets que de réels êtres humains.
D’ailleurs, l’ensemble des personnages sont détestables. Ils sont tous égocentriques et vivent dans leur petit monde sans se soucier le moins du monde des autres. Bien sûr, le personnage principal (dont j’ai déjà oublié le nom d’ailleurs) arrive en tête de cette liste.
Si j’ai été très intéressé.e par l’enquête aux débuts du livre, je me suis vite senti.e perdu.e : l’auteur part dans tous les sens, beaucoup trop de choses se passent et parfois elles n’ont aucune logique.
Bref, je sais que je ne lis habituellement pas tout ce qui est thriller/polar, mais je ne m’attendais pas à accrocher aussi peu. Je sais que c’est le premier tome d’une série, mais je m’arrêterai là. J’ai réussi à lire ce livre en 5 jours, ce qui relève du miracle, autant que je m’en tienne là.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pedophilia
Moderate: Racial slurs and Murder
_remi__'s review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Police brutality, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Suicide
wheeliebridge's review against another edition
The book seems to try to legitimize a “relationship” between a 34 year old man and a 15 year old girl since the main character is only mildly phased by it and tries to see if it could have been love. I kept hoping at some point the author would stop trying to make those characters and their actions sympathetic to the reader.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pedophilia
bookbelle5_17's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
The Truth About the Harry Querbert Affair
By: Joel Dicker, Translated by Sam Taylor
Marcus Goldman has had a successful first novel, but now he needs to write his sophomore novel, but he’s having writer’s block. He contacts his old mentor Harry Quebert and visits him in the sea side town where he lives. He discovers Harry had a love affair with a 15-year-old girl, and not too long after Marcus has found out, the girl’s body is discovered buried in Harry’s yard.
I almost DNFed this book, but I was interested enough to find out what happened to Nola Kellergan, the girl. I also wanted to know if Harry Querbert was guilty of murdering her, not just pedophile. As beautiful as his words were about their love affair, he was still 35 years old. Harry started out as charming and likable but as the story progressed, he became a character I got frustrated, annoyed with, and pitied. I did not understand how he could love a girl so young and how she had so much power over him, though it made a little more sense once everything was revealed, but only by a little bit. Marcus was the opposite. He started out as self-centered and arrogant person, but as the story goes on you see him grow and learn. Nola was such a mystery and I didn’t know how to feel about her. She instilled mixed feelings in my opinions on her and I didn’t know if I disliked her or felt sorry for her. By the end it was latter. The novel is very readable and unputdownable, despite the temptation to DNF it. Unfortunately, the book is little too long for me. I felt like it could have been cut down by 200 pages. There were times when it felt like it could have ended, but a new twist or red herring would be revealed. The book did surprise me quite a bit with all the red herrings on who murdered Nola. I didn’t see the end coming, but it made sense how it turned out, and felt bittersweet, it felt right with the story.
By: Joel Dicker, Translated by Sam Taylor
Marcus Goldman has had a successful first novel, but now he needs to write his sophomore novel, but he’s having writer’s block. He contacts his old mentor Harry Quebert and visits him in the sea side town where he lives. He discovers Harry had a love affair with a 15-year-old girl, and not too long after Marcus has found out, the girl’s body is discovered buried in Harry’s yard.
I almost DNFed this book, but I was interested enough to find out what happened to Nola Kellergan, the girl. I also wanted to know if Harry Querbert was guilty of murdering her, not just pedophile. As beautiful as his words were about their love affair, he was still 35 years old. Harry started out as charming and likable but as the story progressed, he became a character I got frustrated, annoyed with, and pitied. I did not understand how he could love a girl so young and how she had so much power over him, though it made a little more sense once everything was revealed, but only by a little bit. Marcus was the opposite. He started out as self-centered and arrogant person, but as the story goes on you see him grow and learn. Nola was such a mystery and I didn’t know how to feel about her. She instilled mixed feelings in my opinions on her and I didn’t know if I disliked her or felt sorry for her. By the end it was latter. The novel is very readable and unputdownable, despite the temptation to DNF it. Unfortunately, the book is little too long for me. I felt like it could have been cut down by 200 pages. There were times when it felt like it could have ended, but a new twist or red herring would be revealed. The book did surprise me quite a bit with all the red herrings on who murdered Nola. I didn’t see the end coming, but it made sense how it turned out, and felt bittersweet, it felt right with the story.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse
katieelizabeth_reads's review against another edition
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Drug use, Murder, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Child death, Cultural appropriation, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Violence, Sexual assault, Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Pedophilia
charlottestiennon's review against another edition
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Content Warnings
Minor: Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Self harm
itshardizzy's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
I've had read my fair share of mystery books, but this was different from the ones I'm used too. The book is set in 2008 but the mystery happened in 75', so the story goes back and forth.
The MC is Marcus, an best seller author that doesn't have the inspiration to write a second book. He goes to spend some time with his mentor, Harry Quebert which is later accused to have killed Nola, a 15 year old girl that disappeared in 75'. Marcus then set to find out what really happened that year and decides to write a story about the case.
The book is really slow and although there is a new founding every few pages, I found myself bored and struggling. I found some problematic things about the book, like the fact our main character doesn't really condone the relationship between Harry (a 30 years old man at that time) and Nola, which is basically the whole book plot. I felt like the author didn't really established the relationship as crime (which btw it is!!!) the ones that understands that the relationship wasn't natural are set as nosy people or are in some way involved with the case.
In end the murderer wasn't really a surprise if you pay attention to the details. and the author had the major opportunity to develop Nola's mental health but he never really talked about the with the depth and only showed the effects and said that she has it - not really naming it tho
It's a book that every mystery lover should read at least once to experience, and maybe you'll like it better than I did.
The MC is Marcus, an best seller author that doesn't have the inspiration to write a second book. He goes to spend some time with his mentor, Harry Quebert which is later accused to have killed Nola, a 15 year old girl that disappeared in 75'. Marcus then set to find out what really happened that year and decides to write a story about the case.
The book is really slow and although there is a new founding every few pages, I found myself bored and struggling. I found some problematic things about the book, like the fact our main character doesn't really condone the relationship between Harry (a 30 years old man at that time) and Nola, which is basically the whole book plot. I felt like the author didn't really established the relationship as crime (which btw it is!!!)
In end the murderer wasn't really a surprise if you pay attention to the details.
It's a book that every mystery lover should read at least once to experience, and maybe you'll like it better than I did.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Pedophilia
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Cancer, Car accident, Homophobia, and Suicide attempt
magsconceicao's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
mellothien's review
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Self harm
Moderate: Pedophilia and Murder