Reviews

813 by Maurice Leblanc

roxanamalinachirila's review against another edition

4.0

Arsene Lupin is far from a serious read, but it's fun, light, entertaining and very mustache-twirly with a hint of quaint Victorian and parody. What's not to enjoy?

jackievr's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-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

3.75

shiradest's review against another edition

2.0

Excellent story to listen to while getting ready to go to sleep, the last hour or so before bedtime. Not too boring, but not too exciting, either, after the first half or so. I still find the character of Lupin to be rather annoyingly arrogant, as written by M. Leblanc. It really needed Omar Sy’s touch to give the character a sense of justification, if that makes sense?

J'écoute la version de ce livre en français lu par Bidou sur #LibriVox, ici: https://librivox.org/813-by-maurice-l... Il faut noter que la #torture est moins efficace que regardant le langage corporel...

Arsenne Lupin proved 100 years ago that torture is not needed for information gathering: by watching his victim's body language (and this, well before it happened in an episode of Criminal Minds...).


s'arreter le premier personne pour calmer les peurs de la publique...

:-(

c'est honteux comment les femmes etaitent form'ees (et vetues en corsette) pour etre faibles...

(Mdm Dolores B. qui s'evanoui de peur...)

suzkx1's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

hellyeahhomies's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.25

tikipoupower's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

srreid's review against another edition

4.0

Good that the 'baddie' is the main character for a change, France's most notorious Gentleman Thief - Arsene Lupin, sends a letter asking the snobby rich to hand over the goods, then when they don't he sends another telling them what he is going to steal and when, then still manages to do it. Wonderful romp, look forward to reading more Lupin adventures.

magis1105's review against another edition

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? No

4.5

high_on_books's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

mmejiaaar's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5