Reviews

Bred To Kill by Franck Thilliez

elodiethefangirl's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

meuhlodi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

kallsie's review against another edition

4.0

J'ai bien aimée ce bouquin. J'ai lieu le Syndrome E par avant en anglais et je l'ai aussi bien aimée, voir plus probablement. J'ai trouvée que la traduction anglaise du premier roman manquait de quoi dans certaines instances mais après avoir lut le second roman je voix que le traducteur a fait quelque chose de magnifique avec un style et vocabulaire un peut plus typique. Je suis Canadienne et cela ne m'arrive pas souvent de lire des romans français et quand cela m'arrive ce sont typiquement de roman Québecois et nos français de France que je ramasse. Je trouve que le langage dans ce roman est très anglicisé et que le vocabulaire était très simple. On répété le mot 'ordure', par exemple, trop souvent pour décrire un personnage dont on voulait criminalisé. J'ai trouver que le dénouement était très lent au début mais que finalement dans les dernières centaines de pages que les affaires on vraiment commencé a ce déchaîné. J'ai aussi trouver que les technique choques qui ont été employer dans Syndrome E on été répété mais sans le même effet parce qu'on est rendu désensibiliser par la répétition. J'ai quand même hâte a voir ce que l'auteur planifier pour ses personnages dans le prochaine volume.

ecp2115's review against another edition

4.0

One of the rare instances where I liked this more than the original. Crazy concept.

kbookout2010's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

elizabethtrue's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Murder

crobert's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

Franck Thilliez is still a thriller magician. He manages to grab us from the very first pages right through to the end of the book. 

We follow Sharko, who is called in to investigate a homicide that appears to be accidental, and subsequently the story of human DNA. As for Hennebelle, she has just lost one of her daughters in a terrifying crime and is trying to rebuild her life. 

I have to admit that even though the story was fascinating, I wasn't all that interested in the explanation of the genes. However,

the plot twist with the Hennebelle girls, I wasn't expecting that at all!

rojo25's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.0

scottpm's review against another edition

5.0

Wow! A great book. I love Franck Sharko and Lucie Henebelle. Great flawed characters. Lots of twists and turns here and some big surprises too. I want more books by Franck Thilliez translated into English.

anais201717's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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? No

3.25