La Vérité sur laffaire Harry Quebert

Posted on 25 September 2018 by Joël Dicker

New York, au printemps 2008, alors que l Am rique bruisse des pr mices de l lection pr sidentielle, Marcus Goldman, jeune crivain succ s, est dans la tourmente il est incapable d crire le nouveau roman qu il doit remettre son diteur d ici quelques mois Le d lai est pr s d expirer quand soudain tout bascule pour lui son ami et ancien professeur d universit , Harry Quebert, l un des crivains les plus respect s du pays, est rattrap par son pass et se retrouve accus d avoir assassin , en 1975, Nola Kellergan, une jeune fille de 15 ans, avec qui il aurait eu une liaison Convaincu de l innocence de Harry, Marcus abandonne tout pour se rendre dans le New Hampshire et mener son enqu te Il est rapidement d pass par les v nements l enqu te s enfonce et il fait l objet de menaces Pour innocenter Harry et sauver sa carri re d crivain, il doit absolument r pondre trois questions Qui a tu Nola Kellergan Que s est il pass dans le New Hampshire l t 1975 Et comment crit on un roman succ s Best Read [ La Vérité sur laffaire Harry Quebert ] Author [ Joël Dicker ] – kino-fada.fr This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here OH MY GOD IT S SO BADSpare yourselves do not buy this book It was almost physically painful to finish If this is the yardstick by which we measure books these days, I ll just lock myself into past centuries and NEVER COME OUT What on earth caused this book to receive such acclaim So, just to get it out of the way, the construction kind of stands, although I d have to think about even that It s a little grotesquely baroque, with everyone seemingly having had a hand in the murder that fate OH MY GOD IT S SO BADSpare yourselves do not buy this book It was almost physically painful to finish If this is the yardstick by which we measure books these days, I ll just lock myself into past centuries and NEVER COME OUT What on earth caused this book to receive such acclaim So, just to get it out of the way, the construction kind of stands, although I d have to think about even that It s a little grotesquely baroque, with everyone seemingly having had a hand in the murder that fateful day , but ok for now.But the rest In no particular order, and with plenty of spoilers, probably it s not as if I care writers are NOT interesting main characters, and this one in particular takes the cherry self absorbed, vain, narcissistic...You know that thing when you get your hands on the latest 600 page literary blockbuster, full of excitement and anticipation So you are reading greedily and it s okay, but not completely engaging However, in the back of your brain you are very aware of the many international literary awards this book has clocked up, the fact that it has been translated into 32 different languages and been reviewed gushingly over and over again so you just know that any minute now you will be gobsmacked by it You know that ...La V rit sur la verit sur l affaire Harry Quebert Reading bestsellers is like boxing, Marcus They can both cause brain damage But wait, said Gahalowood I still don t understand Why is the book so badly written Why is the writing so atrocious that every other sentence causes the reader physical pain, why is the dialogue so flat, and why are none of the characters even remotely credible I sighed You see, I said, that s exactly the point The book is La V rit sur la verit sur l affaire Harry Quebert Reading bestsellers is like boxing, Marcus They can both cause brain damage But wait, said Gahalowood I still don t understand Why is the book so badly written Why is the writing so atrocious that every other sentence causes the reader physical pain, why is the dialogue so flat, and why are none of the characters even remotely credible I sighed You see, I said, that s exactly the point The book is meant to be terrible It s evidently constructed as a satire on the modern bestseller That s why it reads as though it s been Google translated fro...How do you know when a book is finished Books are like life Marcus They never really end I just loved this book Grand story and writing, unique in many ways, a calm but formidable buildup of the story which makes you want to keep going steady but with a building tension thinking all the time what s going on here , great whodunit with unbelievable twists and turns til the last pages, remarkable set of characters, great setting I just really enjoyed it from start to end And it s no How do you know when a book is finished Books are like life Marcus They never really end I just loved this book Grand story and writing, unique in many ways, a calm but formidable buildup of the story which makes you want to keep going steady but with a building tension thinking all the time what s going on here , great whodunit with unbelievable twists and turns til the last pages, remarkable set of characters, great s...Par o commencer D abord les points Lecture facile, histoire pas mal ficel e les Cet ouvrage, qui a tout de m me re u le prix du roman de l acad mie fran aise et goncourt des lyc ens, n a AUCUN style litt raire, je sais pas quoi je m attendais mais j avoue tre tr s d ue Je suis un peu comme Galahwood au d but du roman j aimerais me faire rembourser Les caract res des personnages sont peu d crits et peu travaill s Les descriptions sont risibles, la sc ne de rencontre entre Par o commencer D abord...Yeah, I have no idea why this is supposed to be so amazing The plot itself is kind of uninspiring and reminds me of so many dark secrets in a small town stories that Stig Larssen popularized And really, it s trying to be The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo just minus the secret Nazis so badly it s kind of laughable.The characters were universally unlikable and honestly the jet set life of the best selling author kind of made me laugh my ass off Maybe I missed when Jonathan Franzen was being Yeah, I have no idea why this is supposed to be so amazing The plot itself is kind of uninspiring and reminds me of so many dark secrets in a small town stories that Stig Larssen popularized And really, it s trying to be The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo just minus the secret Nazis so badly it s kind of laughable.The characters were universally unlikable and honestly the jet set life of the best selling author kind of made me laugh my ass off Maybe I missed when Jonathan Franzen was being recognized on the street The only reason why I know what James Patterson or Michael Connolly look like is because they showed up on a couple episodes of Castle Also The Origin of Evil is about lovers separated by class What Also So Harry Quebert basically wrote The Notebook then And for all that this is about the amazing love affair betwen Harr...This book is, without a doubt, the worst thing I ve read in many years The fact that it was published at all boggles the mind HonestlyI want my money back Christ but it s terrible Joel Dicker should never publish another no...I have mixed feelings about this book The fact that it won the Prix de l Acad mie Francaise 2012 tips the scales towards disappointment Then again if I was not intrigued by a crime book that won the said prize, I probably wouldn t have even picked it up.It is a 660 pages crime book that made me quite hesitant to consider it, I just assume there would be unnecessary details and characters and boring repetitiveness I was wrong about the first two.The book s back cover states that it is a r I have mixed feelings about this book The fact that it won the Prix de l Acad mie Francaise 2012 tips the scales towards disappointment Then again if I was not intrigued by a crime book that won the said prize, I probably wouldn t have even picked it up.It is a 660 pages crime book that made me quite hesitant to consider it, I just assume there would be unnecessary details and characters and boring repetitiveness I was wrong about the first two.The book s back cover states that it is a reflection on America I don t know how one understands such a phrase, nevertheless it felt to me a bit too much to qualify the book as such.It is the story of a first time successful young writer, Marcus Goldman, struggling to start his second work, who flies to the rescue of his mentor, the great Harry L Quebert Quebert is arrested and accused of the murder of the 15 year old Nola Kellergan, whose body or the remains of it is discovered 33 years 2008 after her disappearance...J ai t incroyablement d ue par ce livre Je ne comprends pas comment ce roman a pu tre r compens du prix de l Acad mie fran aise ou tre s lectionn pour le Goncourt Le style est tout simplement m diocre Les personnage sont creux, st r otyp s, et ne s exprime ni ne r agissent de fa on r aliste L histoire d amour autour de laquelle tourne tout le roman n est absolument pas d crite en dehors de nombreux dialogues mi vres si bien qu il est impossible d tre touch par cette histoire Si l a J ai t incroyablement d ue par ce livre Je ne comprends pas comment ce roman a pu tre r compens du prix de l Acad mie fran aise ou tre s lectionn pour le Goncourt Le style est tout simplement m diocre Les personnage sont creux, st r otyp s, et ne s exprime ni ne r agissent de fa on r aliste L histoire d a...There s essentially three stories here Two men s individual struggle to write a book An older man s love for a 15 year old girl The mystery surrounding the murder of the 15 year old girlYes, they re all linked but it sometimes feels like a hodgepodge of styles maybe Jonathan Franzen meets Mills and Boon, meets Agatha Christie It s long over 600 pages in print and in excess of 20 hours of audio I went the latter route, and was rewarded by a competent reading by Robert Slade It s also s There s essentially three stories here Two men s individual struggle to write a book An older man s love for a 15 year old girl The mystery surrounding the murder of the 15 year old girlYes, they re all linked but it sometimes feels like a hodgepodge of styles maybe Jonathan Franzen meets Mills and Boon, meets Agatha Christie It s long over 600 pages in print and in excess of 20 hours of audio I went the latter route, and was rewarded by a competent reading by Robert Slade It s also slow paced, sometimes agonisingly so Marcus Goldman travels to Somerset, the New Hampshire town of his college professor, Harry Quebert, to attempt to unlock something that will enable him to write a follow up to his first, highly successful, book Soon after, the body of a 15 year old girl is discovered on Harry s property along with a manuscript of his acclaimed novel, The Origin of Evil The girl, Nolla Kellergan, had disappeared 33 years earlier Harry is arrested and charged with Nolla s abduct...

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25 September 2018

Joël Dicker