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fihli's review against another edition
3.0
3 stars
Debout les Morts is a crime novel that I started reading in school almost a decade ago, and I’m sure that we never finished reading it in class. French class really was one of the few classes where literally noone was motivated at all, ah, good old days.
Well, anyways. I’m not sure that I enjoyed this much, although I think that this has to do a lot with the fact that I’m just not as proficient in French as I’m in English and reading this took me a considerably longer time than it would have in German or in English. But although this may have played a part in this book feeling incredibly tedious, I think that the bigger reason is that the story has a lot of filler content. Filler that is supposed to flesh out the characters, I guess, since this is the first installment in the series. Thing is though, I felt very apathetic to the characters like I do with most detective characters in stories (I don’t care that much for Hercules Poirot or Miss Marple, for example) I care more about the mystery, if that makes sense. So I felt my eyes glaze over time and time again and had to force myself to concentrate – not a good sign.
Also, while I normally don't care about swearing in books either way, I felt that this had way too much swearing which started to annoy me pretty early on.
About the story: It was believable enough, but I thought that the murderer was pretty obvious. So obvious in fact, that I started to doubt myself after a big revelation, only to be disappointed at the end. Yeah, yeah, I didn’t come close to predict the resolution, but I think that the author also didn’t make the motives apparent enough for most readers to just guess at it. Which is a good or a bad thing, depending on how you like your crime stories, I guess.
Debout les Morts is a crime novel that I started reading in school almost a decade ago, and I’m sure that we never finished reading it in class. French class really was one of the few classes where literally noone was motivated at all, ah, good old days.
Well, anyways. I’m not sure that I enjoyed this much, although I think that this has to do a lot with the fact that I’m just not as proficient in French as I’m in English and reading this took me a considerably longer time than it would have in German or in English. But although this may have played a part in this book feeling incredibly tedious, I think that the bigger reason is that the story has a lot of filler content. Filler that is supposed to flesh out the characters, I guess, since this is the first installment in the series. Thing is though, I felt very apathetic to the characters like I do with most detective characters in stories (I don’t care that much for Hercules Poirot or Miss Marple, for example) I care more about the mystery, if that makes sense. So I felt my eyes glaze over time and time again and had to force myself to concentrate – not a good sign.
Also, while I normally don't care about swearing in books either way, I felt that this had way too much swearing which started to annoy me pretty early on.
About the story: It was believable enough, but I thought that the murderer was pretty obvious. So obvious in fact, that I started to doubt myself after a big revelation, only to be disappointed at the end. Yeah, yeah, I didn’t come close to predict the resolution, but I think that the author also didn’t make the motives apparent enough for most readers to just guess at it. Which is a good or a bad thing, depending on how you like your crime stories, I guess.
jmontland's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
tamutamu's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
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? Yes
4.0
Une super lecture ! Les personnages de Vargas sont tellement bien écrits, toujours super attachants, à la fois très humains et très étranges.
Le twist de fin était top, retournement de situation sur retournement de situation (comme elle a l'air de si bien le faire). Les dernières pages tiennent vraiment en haleine, impossible de poser le bouquin avant d'avoir eu le dénouement !
Le twist de fin était top, retournement de situation sur retournement de situation (comme elle a l'air de si bien le faire). Les dernières pages tiennent vraiment en haleine, impossible de poser le bouquin avant d'avoir eu le dénouement !
eustachio's review against another edition
3.0
Originale tanto lo spunto quanto la conclusione, ma ci è voluto un po' perché ingranasse.
Non mi sono piaciuti i tre evangelisti e l'ex sbirro, soprattutto perché è colpa loro se non si è seguita la solita prassi con le indagini: sono riuscito a capire il colpevole a metà libro non perché fosse facile intuirlo, semplicemente non c'erano alternative decenti.
Però la soluzione è geniale. Per una volta il nome Sophia ha senso e non sta lì solo perché suona bene.
Non mi sono piaciuti i tre evangelisti e l'ex sbirro, soprattutto perché è colpa loro se non si è seguita la solita prassi con le indagini: sono riuscito a capire il colpevole a metà libro non perché fosse facile intuirlo, semplicemente non c'erano alternative decenti.
Però la soluzione è geniale. Per una volta il nome Sophia ha senso e non sta lì solo perché suona bene.
kwildarenis's review against another edition
3.0
Un arbre. Un arbre qui semble avoir été planté du jour au lendemain. Une disparition, celle d'une ancienne cantatrice célèbre. Des meurtres. Et trois rebus de la société, quasi sans domicile, trois professeurs d'histoire, spécialistes de trois époques différentes, trois hommes dans la merde qui se rencontrent et décident d'habiter ensemble, dans une maison en piteux état. La maison voisine de celle de la cantatrice disparue. Chacun s'installe à un étage différent, symbole de sa période historique. Un flic ripoux s'ajoute à ce trio excentrique. Et l'enquête commence. Ils se font appeler les Évangélistes.
Debout les morts, sorti en 1995, est une oeuvre de l'incontournable du roman policier français Fred Vargas, nom de plume de Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau, archéozoologue de formation et toujours chercheuse au CNRS à côté de sa carrière d'écrivaine. Elle a derrière elle presque 20 romans, la plupart se déroulant dans le même univers et mettant en scène le Commissaire Adamsberg et les Évangélistes. Nombreux sont ses romans qui ont éte adaptés au cinéma ou à la télévision comme par exemple Pars vite et revient tard, roman de 2001 adapté en 2007. En tant que chercheuse et militante écologiste, elle publie également de nombreux articles et livres scientifiques et met en garde contre les pandémies depuis des années et avant même le COVID-19.
L'écriture de Vargas est très particulière, presque policière ou judiciaire ce qui donne un attrait presque documentaire dans la lecture. Le rythme, le vocabulaire, les personnages, s'inscrivent dans un univers de roman noir, de polar à la française rappelant la grande époque du polar parisien au début du XXème siècle.
J'ai beaucoup aimé l'histoire, l'enquête pleine de rebondissements qui est très haletante. Néanmoins, je n'ai pas aimé la caricature redondante des personnages qui finit par être fatigante, clichée et trop répétitive. Dommage.
Debout les morts, sorti en 1995, est une oeuvre de l'incontournable du roman policier français Fred Vargas, nom de plume de Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau, archéozoologue de formation et toujours chercheuse au CNRS à côté de sa carrière d'écrivaine. Elle a derrière elle presque 20 romans, la plupart se déroulant dans le même univers et mettant en scène le Commissaire Adamsberg et les Évangélistes. Nombreux sont ses romans qui ont éte adaptés au cinéma ou à la télévision comme par exemple Pars vite et revient tard, roman de 2001 adapté en 2007. En tant que chercheuse et militante écologiste, elle publie également de nombreux articles et livres scientifiques et met en garde contre les pandémies depuis des années et avant même le COVID-19.
L'écriture de Vargas est très particulière, presque policière ou judiciaire ce qui donne un attrait presque documentaire dans la lecture. Le rythme, le vocabulaire, les personnages, s'inscrivent dans un univers de roman noir, de polar à la française rappelant la grande époque du polar parisien au début du XXème siècle.
J'ai beaucoup aimé l'histoire, l'enquête pleine de rebondissements qui est très haletante. Néanmoins, je n'ai pas aimé la caricature redondante des personnages qui finit par être fatigante, clichée et trop répétitive. Dommage.
verbava's review against another edition
4.0
для розмаїття після суворих скандинавських детективів – легкий і сонячний французький. постійними конфліктами між трьома євангелістами (істориками, дослідниками кам'яної доби, середньовіччя й першої світової) трошки нагадує університетські романи.
elsililia's review against another edition
3.0
Egy picikét laposabbra sikerült mint az előző, annak ellenére, hogy rövidebb nem lett elég feszes. Viszont a karakterek, hát jajj…szeretnék egy napot a putriban lakni ezzel a három idiótával!
c_reading's review against another edition
3.0
I heard that the author of this book is very famous on the side of Europe and Africa, I can't say that I appreciate her. The characters were very two-dimensional, cartoon versions with a gimmicky personality associated with a time period. I think as a kid or adolescent I would have enjoyed it, but not as an adult. The way the mystery was solved or solvable wasn't interesting either. Not for me. But not the worst it could be.
littlevachette's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Fred Vargas is one of the queen of French Thrillers with weird characters.