Reviews

What You Need From The Night by Laurent Petitmangin

jameshafoster's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

mrdixon95's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

annie_lu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

a small book about grief and rage that packs a punch. 

bethsmout's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

kittylake's review against another edition

4.0

An excellent, thought provoking book. It's simply written but powerful and concise. We're drawn in to the family and it's problems in a very matter of fact way where the protagonist's 'live and let live' approach is faced with the reality of a son who has a gentle spirit (at least with his father) but big opinions that cause waves of harm and pain.

It feels like a realistic portrayal of how smaller communities are often complicit in not addressing problematic behaviour of one of their own. As if they've understood the pain and life journey of those they hold close and forgive their sins against nameless and faceless others... or perhaps that there's more sympathety or admiration than they'd dare admit.

60degreesn's review

4.0

Evocative, full of feeling but not of insight

justvibing's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

catjoelle's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-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

3.75

Il s’appelle Fus pas de surprise qu’il a fini comme ça 

el_book_dragon's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

melissa1991's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0