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La verdad sobre el caso Harry Quebert by Joël Dicker

51 reviews

lu_mog's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

O suspense é maravilhoso. A escrita de Joël realmente te prende na história. Todavia, dois pontos me fizeram dar uma nota mediana no livro: a abordagem do relacionamento entre um adulto e uma adolescente e o "pacing" da história. O primeiro ponto me deu um gosto amargo ao longo de toda a história. O fato do narrador não ter uma opinião mais incisiva sobre o caso de Harry e Nola me incomodou. Senti que o relacionamento foi romantizado, mas já vi outras pessoas com opinião contrária à minha, então talvez eu tenha deixado algum detalhe passar. Sobre o segundo, sinto que a escrita de Joël é fluida, porém alguns capítulos arrastam a história por repetirem pontos já estabelecidos e não trazerem mais nenhum detalhe novo. Não sinto que o livro precisaria ser muito mais curtos, pois todas as pistas são utilizadas no final. Contudo, a narrativa se torna arrastada em alguns pontos.

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islalouise's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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vivisms_82's review against another edition

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dark mysterious

3.75

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seasonedreadings's review against another edition

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unlikable main characters, outdated writing style, pedophilic main relationship

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ale_irigoyen's review against another edition

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mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

First of all, you should know this book narrates a love story between a teenage girl and a grown man (almost a 20 year difference).
I was not comfortable with it, but I decided to push and look past that. I was never able to let it go though. It's a constant in this book and it always comes up. However, the book caught my attention after a few chapters, and then lost it... miserably. I kept on reading because I was told the last chapters were worth it.... were they?
Okay let's do this... Marcus Goldman, our unlikeable MC and one-hit wonder author finds out that his most admired teacher is a pedophile and is possibly a murderer. He drops everything to go comfort his friend, and luckily finds inspiration to break his 2 year hiatus. He starts to discover his teacher's innocent relationship with said teenager and tries to convince himself that it was love. Not only does he convince himself it was love between both individuals but he starts to uncover some dark secrets the town isn't willing to reveal.
First, the fact that the MC is determined to defend his teacher's love story is repudiable. There's no way you can justify that relationship, no way. Also, there's no way a writer could become the police's main investigator; not that he's called that, but it definately felt that way. And the last chapters? Sure, they were interesting and twisty and maybe worth it. But the book was too long and I think it could've been cut shorter. The reveals were interesting and I never saw them coming; but I still believe that, had the police done their job back in 1975, they could've found the true killer.

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beatriks's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

It took me a while to get into it, but then the story really captured me. What I found disappointing is the fact that the female characters (apart from the victim) were quite flat and stereotypical.

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