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A review by sunny_reader_girl
Black Water Lilies by Michel Bussi
3.0
This is more like a 2.5 star book for me, but due to the translation I'm giving it 3. Something has to be lost in translation, so I like to consider that. For a mystery/crime novel, it was satisfactory. It had me guessing and, gladly, the ending had me completely surprised. I give the author kudos; it was a very clever and surprising solution. I also enjoyed all that I learned and now want to learn about Monet and impressionism. (The crime takes place in Giverny, France, where Claude Monet lived and painted for 30 years.)
Much of the dialogue was unbelievable for me (but again, with the translation something may have been lost). One of my strongest pet peeves is when authors can't seem to get children's dialogue right. They either make children sounds too precocious (like, overly and unbelievably) or they dumb the dialogue down. In this book, it was the first case. I'd recommend this, if only for the shock value of the ending and the beautiful descriptions of Monet's village.
Much of the dialogue was unbelievable for me (but again, with the translation something may have been lost). One of my strongest pet peeves is when authors can't seem to get children's dialogue right. They either make children sounds too precocious (like, overly and unbelievably) or they dumb the dialogue down. In this book, it was the first case. I'd recommend this, if only for the shock value of the ending and the beautiful descriptions of Monet's village.