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A review by nikolinaza
Camille by Pierre Lemaitre
5.0
Actual rating: 4.5 ⭐
When Anne Forestier, a woman whom Camille cares about a lot, got beaten up and shot three times by some armed robber, he decided to take all the matters to his hands, no matter what damage could be done. But through his very own illegal investigation, turns out everything is way more complicated than just protecting the woman he loves--is it solely based on love, or is it caused by his trauma and those haunting agonies since his Irène's death?
After what happened in book number one (the one which I'm still so bitter and pained about the ending), Camille's life has spiraled downward. Losing someone you love and cherish in such terrible way lead everyone to a painful life, so while I feel a bit dejected of whatever Camille's doing in this book (one of the impact was making Louis' screentime decreased enormously), I totally understand him. If I were in his shoes and had the power he has, I wouldn't even doubt doing the same things.
As usual, Lemaitre's writing started off rather slowly and even more agonizing because this time, he included the savage, brutal first point of view of the villain. The mystery was neat as its two predecessors and also well written, that even there's no total plot twist (fun fact: I got spoiled on who's our real antagonist here as I couldn't resist opening the last chapters), the conclusion is still shocking.
Which makes me hate that one particular ungrateful motherfucker even more, after whatever shits he had thrown to Camille and Louis and nearly everyone in this series.
And the ending was kind of perfect for a man who has nothing more to lose.
Man, I will miss this series terribly. I have no idea if I could bring myself to start all over again from book one because it was too painful.
When Anne Forestier, a woman whom Camille cares about a lot, got beaten up and shot three times by some armed robber, he decided to take all the matters to his hands, no matter what damage could be done. But through his very own illegal investigation, turns out everything is way more complicated than just protecting the woman he loves--is it solely based on love, or is it caused by his trauma and those haunting agonies since his Irène's death?
After what happened in book number one (the one which I'm still so bitter and pained about the ending), Camille's life has spiraled downward. Losing someone you love and cherish in such terrible way lead everyone to a painful life, so while I feel a bit dejected of whatever Camille's doing in this book (one of the impact was making Louis' screentime decreased enormously), I totally understand him. If I were in his shoes and had the power he has, I wouldn't even doubt doing the same things.
As usual, Lemaitre's writing started off rather slowly and even more agonizing because this time, he included the savage, brutal first point of view of the villain. The mystery was neat as its two predecessors and also well written, that even there's no total plot twist (fun fact: I got spoiled on who's our real antagonist here as I couldn't resist opening the last chapters), the conclusion is still shocking.
Which makes me hate that one particular ungrateful motherfucker even more, after whatever shits he had thrown to Camille and Louis and nearly everyone in this series.
And the ending was kind of perfect for a man who has nothing more to lose.
Man, I will miss this series terribly. I have no idea if I could bring myself to start all over again from book one because it was too painful.