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3.44 AVERAGE
3.44 AVERAGE
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Maigret back in America and this time viewing a coroner's inquest in Arizona. Not the best one in the series. Not a fan of Maigret out of his element.
It was enjoyable but not a favourite.
It was enjoyable but not a favourite.
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A different slant on a Maigret case, or not a Maigret case. Maigret on a learning tour finds himself in Mid West America, and not the one solving the mystery. His frustration at the different method of investigation is apparent, and he gets frustrated (so Maigret).
I’m interested in the theme of race in the book. The isolation of the mother with a brood, the fact there is a black juror making the decisive action, the Chief Deputy Sheriff ducking responsibility. I suspect this would have given an impression of 1940’s America on the French reader.
Another pleasurable read.
I’m interested in the theme of race in the book. The isolation of the mother with a brood, the fact there is a black juror making the decisive action, the Chief Deputy Sheriff ducking responsibility. I suspect this would have given an impression of 1940’s America on the French reader.
Another pleasurable read.
adventurous
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:
No
Good for what it is and some deeper moments of comment on society. Most of it stands the test of time but some of the ideas and language are outdated.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Maigret in the Wild West!
Well, this time, it's not him running after the gangsters. Instead, he's on a study trip. However, this fact does not prevent him from finding the culprit by attending the investigation - to say the least disconcerting - of an American colleague into the death of a young woman. Confusing because the analysis does not take place at all, but then not at all, as he is used to.
Maigret is all the more disconcerted because, even if he understands the language, he doesn't, first of all, understand either the behaviors or the points of view of the protagonists, especially not those of the police, and doesn't see (we don't either elsewhere) how they will manage to complete their investigation.
That's an exotic and entertaining detective story with its unusual setting, with first-hand descriptions. Written in 1949 in Tucson, Arizona, it describes America "in black and white" as a Western period.
Well, this time, it's not him running after the gangsters. Instead, he's on a study trip. However, this fact does not prevent him from finding the culprit by attending the investigation - to say the least disconcerting - of an American colleague into the death of a young woman. Confusing because the analysis does not take place at all, but then not at all, as he is used to.
Maigret is all the more disconcerted because, even if he understands the language, he doesn't, first of all, understand either the behaviors or the points of view of the protagonists, especially not those of the police, and doesn't see (we don't either elsewhere) how they will manage to complete their investigation.
That's an exotic and entertaining detective story with its unusual setting, with first-hand descriptions. Written in 1949 in Tucson, Arizona, it describes America "in black and white" as a Western period.
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:
No
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced