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han_cat's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
furfff's review against another edition
2.0
Simenon unwittingly borrows the plot from Dolly Parton’s Jolene for a real clunker. The last page sums it up best:
“It doesn’t matter!”
“I’m completely lost!”
“It doesn’t matter!”
“I’m completely lost!”
komet2020's review against another edition
4.0
Chief Inspector Maigret is on special assignment in the Côte d'Azur. He is met at the train station in Antibes by a young inspector by the name of Boutigues. Boutigues, knowing of Maigret's reputation, tries to ingratiate himself with the veteran policemen of the Paris Police Judiciare. Maigret shows little interest in the younger man as they ride an ancient fiacre to a house some distance away. It's a residence owned by an Australian. An Australian who had lived in the area for the past decade with 2 women and was found dead from a stab wound in the back. Maigret sets himself to investigating the murder. As he goes about uncovering the clues and questioning people who were associated with the Australian (who, it turns out, lived a somewhat schizophrenic existence), Maigret becomes caught up in the festive and somnolent atmosphere of the Côte d'Azur - "... A land fulfilling every promise: mimosa, sunshine, palms and parasol pines, tearooms, tennis, golf, and American bars..."
This is a book that will appeal to the senses and to any mystery book lover who enjoys a captivating story which is leisurely laid-out and whose denouement brings together all the pieces of the puzzle.
This is a book that will appeal to the senses and to any mystery book lover who enjoys a captivating story which is leisurely laid-out and whose denouement brings together all the pieces of the puzzle.
zoer03's review
1.0
well.... that was a waste of my time today.... absolutely awful.... the dialogue.... the characters just don't match it feels spiky and glitchy with no flow or rhythm. I will now not ever want to read any of these books. dull dull dull.
pixelina's review against another edition
2.0
Maigret is not very likable is he? He is kinda whiny and tired the whole time and he doesn't really give a damn about Justice, he is quite happy to solve the puzzle and then just leave it all to play out and go home.
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