Reviews

Fantômas by John Ashbery, Marcel Allain, Pierre Souvestre

emilybryk's review against another edition

4.0

Sadly, there are THIRTY-ONE Fantomas books, so I'm unlikely to read them all. Let's leave it at this: if what I learned from Lady Chatterly was that people used to have sex and enjoy it, what I learned from Fantomas was that people used to be bloodthirsty. Seriously, there are like 155+ murders in this book. And they are all awesome.

danielshelsel's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

normalgirlreads's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

jackb_93's review against another edition

Gets better as it goes along and they throw coherency to the wind

bmip666's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

therealcubcake's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious 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

3.0

shortcub's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

kingfan30's review against another edition

4.0

Another case of a book I would probably not have picked up if it had not been on the 1001 list. It is quite unusual for the villain is the title of the book, and although Fantomas is hinted at and talked about for the first half of the book, you don't find out who he is or if he is real until the second half. He is in fact a clever man and always manages to stay on step ahead of the detective (Jurve), although I could see the end coming. My only negative comment (and its not really a bad one) would be that there is a huge amount of characters and with Fantomas and Jurve disguising themselves on a regular basis it took some concentration to keep a track of who was who. An enjoyable read although I'm not sure I will be heading out to get the rest of this very large series, however if one was to land in my lap, I would certainly give it a read.

monsieur_tunin's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

a_chickletz's review against another edition

4.0

I don't know what I read but all I know is that I enjoyed every minute of it.

EVERYONE IS FANTOMAS. NO ONE IS SAFE. TRUST NO ONE.

Those are the instructions I give when you read this book. Fantomas is everywhere and even when you least expect it. My favorite character has to be Inspector Juve. The poor guy is so dead-set on catching Fantomas and just when he thinks he catches him, and just when the reader thinks all is well, boom - something happens.

All the mysteries connect to one another and all of them connect to Fantomas.

If you like interesting, crazy, detective books pick this one up.