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Le Grand Sommeil : Une enquête du privé Philip Marlowe by Raymond Chandler
adventurous
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Language: 8/10
Read the french translation, was pretty interesting, chandlers uses a lot of comparisons too, noticed i did get annoyed at them sometimes, but only when they're absurd, and even Philip remarks on that.
Characters: 7/10
I don't know how Chandler did it, but he made Philip a bad-ass character, a believable character, while not being too try-hard. I like him a lot.
General Sternwood never really got any screen time so to speak, but he played his role i guess.
Carmen well ... *giggles*
Vivian was intriguing, although irritating at times, not unbelievably so since it fits in perfectly with the char.
Brodie, eddie, and he rest of the bad guys are not very memorable. Eddie sounded intriguing and was more competent than i gave him credit for, tbf.
Setting: 7
Not much to say, it was rainy, and while reading I entertained myself with ambient noir music. it good
Pacing was mid most of the time, but really fast sometimes.
Mystery/mechanic/twist/plot: This was a very complex plot, will 100% remember to re-read the last chapter where Philip tells Vivian what he figured, the final raison-d'être of the hiring of Philip's hiring -Rusty's disappereance- had a somewhat unexpected culprit.
The conclusions philip drew never felt completely out of the blue either, and i felt throughout the book that Philip was quite competent overall.
Anyways, twas a good read and i am happy for reading it.
P.S: Watched the movie adaptation, really good, changed a bit but still thematically resonant.
Read the french translation, was pretty interesting, chandlers uses a lot of comparisons too, noticed i did get annoyed at them sometimes, but only when they're absurd, and even Philip remarks on that.
Characters: 7/10
I don't know how Chandler did it, but he made Philip a bad-ass character, a believable character, while not being too try-hard. I like him a lot.
General Sternwood never really got any screen time so to speak, but he played his role i guess.
Carmen well ... *giggles*
Vivian was intriguing, although irritating at times, not unbelievably so since it fits in perfectly with the char.
Brodie, eddie, and he rest of the bad guys are not very memorable. Eddie sounded intriguing and was more competent than i gave him credit for, tbf.
Setting: 7
Not much to say, it was rainy, and while reading I entertained myself with ambient noir music. it good
Pacing was mid most of the time, but really fast sometimes.
Mystery/mechanic/twist/plot: This was a very complex plot, will 100% remember to re-read the last chapter where Philip tells Vivian what he figured, the final raison-d'être of the hiring of Philip's hiring -Rusty's disappereance- had a somewhat unexpected culprit.
The conclusions philip drew never felt completely out of the blue either, and i felt throughout the book that Philip was quite competent overall.
Anyways, twas a good read and i am happy for reading it.
P.S: Watched the movie adaptation, really good, changed a bit but still thematically resonant.
L'attrape-cœurs by J.D. Salinger
4.0
I enjoyed the story, it was light, slighlty pointless, and did not require me to use my brain too much.
Just the type of book one would want after reading an old french translation of a dostoevski novel.
But i also unironically enjoyed CITR
Granted i didnt find it to be as life changing as the other people but mainly because i didnt relate to Holden at all (in the sense of being drunk and smoking all the time)
But i, ... sympathised with holden
i felt sorry for him at times
and i did not hate him at all
Just the type of book one would want after reading an old french translation of a dostoevski novel.
But i also unironically enjoyed CITR
Granted i didnt find it to be as life changing as the other people but mainly because i didnt relate to Holden at all (in the sense of being drunk and smoking all the time)
But i, ... sympathised with holden
i felt sorry for him at times
and i did not hate him at all
La stratégie de l'ombre by Arnaud Mousnier-Lompré, Orson Scott Card
5.0
ORSON SCOTT CARD THE ABSOLUTE MADLAD !
I somehow had the audacity of thinking that this was going to be somehow '''worse''' than Ender's Game.
Boy was i wrong !
I think i'm actually falling for the entire enderverse :^)
I somehow had the audacity of thinking that this was going to be somehow '''worse''' than Ender's Game.
Boy was i wrong !
I think i'm actually falling for the entire enderverse :^)