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La trenza by Laetitia Colombani

19 reviews

lesejaguar's review against another edition

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

1.5

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frankahilde's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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

I found this book in my boyfriends brothers bookshelf and started to read it just for fun but I couldn’t put it down! I finished it in just a day. Smitas story was so gripping and disturbing. I also liked Giulias story, just the parts about Sarah were a little less interesting to me. The idea and ending are very beautiful, like a puzzle coming together. It’s also nice to read a book with a good ending for once but I will say that it is almost a bit kitschy… It’s definitely worth reading and I’ll recommend it to my friends and family :)
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noctphel's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

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prehistoricfern's review against another edition

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Honestly it was a school read again and I just didn't finish it in time for the project, although I thought the book was pretty good
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annikare's review against another edition

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emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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fantlisasy's review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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faenth's review against another edition

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hopeful inspiring medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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sohva's review against another edition

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

3.25

A nice book, good French practice.
I was quite disappointed with the ending. The book just completely romaticised the fact that they sold poor woman's hair to some rich Canadian without her knowledge.
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juliaaaaaa's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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clockworkstars's review against another edition

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2.5

 2.5|5

Mon premier commentaire sera : peut on prendre deux minutes et nous questionner sur la légitimité de l'autrice à écrire ce roman, à nous dépeindre le portrait (entre autres, il y a trois personnages) d'une femme pauvre intouchable en Inde, elle qui est une femme blanche en France. Je m'interroge sincèrement, surtout que le personnage a été écrit d'une manière qui il me semble voudrait attirer la pitié sur cette histoire, le paternalisme de l'occident. Je me questionne beaucoup sur la légitimité de Laetitia Colombani a écrire ceci et plus encore je me demande si elle l'a bien fait. Si elle a seulement bien traité de ce sujet.

En dehors de cela, je n'ai pas trouvé ce roman exceptionnel du tout, et cela est une déception car il m'avait été bien vendu par Izan. La plume n'est pas mauvaise, elle se lit bien mais elle n'a rien d'extraordinaire, la réalisation suit les normes, des chapitres en alternance de taille similaire. Et tout ceci devient fort vite ennuyeux.

On suit trois femme, qui refusent leur destinée respective. On alterne entre leur point de vue (je n'ai pas aimé celui de Giuila qui tourne trop autour d'une romance naissante à mon goût, apprécié celui de Sarah et resté sceptique devant celui de Smita pour la raison évoquée plus haut.), suivant la vie de chacune de ses femmes. Et malheureusement l'on comprend fort vite ce qui les lie, la révélation finale ne surprend pas ou peu, les liens étaient déjà créés dans notre têtes.

Le récit est ici porté par ses personnages et est certes un peu touchant mais il n'a pas réussi à m'attendrir malheureusement. Je peux comprendre pourquoi il a plu mais je ne l'ai pas trouvé bouleversant et une fois encore j'ai eu du mal avec le traitement du personnage de Smita. Mais je suppose que les déceptions arrivent. 
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