Scan barcode
A review by sofia_the_scholar
The Axeman's Jazz by Ray Celestin
5.0
New Orleans, 1919, with a serial killer on the loose, who apparently likes jazz. Who wouldn't want to read a book with a setting like that?
This book, even though it had three different POVs, didn't tire me at all. It was great for a lot of reasons, the first one being the era. Celestin had the talent to describe both sides of New Orleans. It was interesting to learn about how multi-cultural this town actually was: Creoles, Cajuns, Italians, African American. But obviously it had a darker side: the mafias and their vendettas, how a mix-coloured couple was frowned upon, how mixed-race kids were not accepted by either of their races because theu were either too black or too white for them.
The story was also really good. I had a brief knowledge of the Axeman case, but I liked how Celestin wrote a version of his that may as well have actually been true. The investigations of Talbot were thrilling, Luca's findings all the more interesting and let us not forget the powerful duo of Ida and Lewis. I also really liked Simone as a secondary character.
As the story progresses and we come close to find the Axeman, I kinda got an idea oh who was related to the murder but not the actual one, and then I found out and it all came together. But again, it wasn't exactly that obvious.
The vocabulary of the story was amazing, obviously it was well-researched and I definitely recommend it. Even if you don't like crime thrillers, you'll love this one for sure!
This book, even though it had three different POVs, didn't tire me at all. It was great for a lot of reasons, the first one being the era. Celestin had the talent to describe both sides of New Orleans. It was interesting to learn about how multi-cultural this town actually was: Creoles, Cajuns, Italians, African American. But obviously it had a darker side: the mafias and their vendettas, how a mix-coloured couple was frowned upon, how mixed-race kids were not accepted by either of their races because theu were either too black or too white for them.
The story was also really good. I had a brief knowledge of the Axeman case, but I liked how Celestin wrote a version of his that may as well have actually been true. The investigations of Talbot were thrilling, Luca's findings all the more interesting and let us not forget the powerful duo of Ida and Lewis. I also really liked Simone as a secondary character.
As the story progresses and we come close to find the Axeman, I kinda got an idea oh who was related to the murder but not the actual one, and then I found out and it all came together. But again, it wasn't exactly that obvious.
The vocabulary of the story was amazing, obviously it was well-researched and I definitely recommend it. Even if you don't like crime thrillers, you'll love this one for sure!