8797999's review against another edition
3.0
This one was over in a flash and a good read, with as always a memorable and very curious supporting cast.
In the end justice but not of a criminal kind but mortal. I quite enjoyed it and the change of scene to some harbour or Paris.
In the end justice but not of a criminal kind but mortal. I quite enjoyed it and the change of scene to some harbour or Paris.
frahorus's review against another edition
4.0
Il commissario Maigret viene chiamato ad indagare su un assassinio avvenuto sulla Costa Azzurra: è stato ritrovato il cadavere di un anziano ricco uomo nel giardino della sua villa e due donne stavano fuggendo via con le valigie (la sua amante e la madre di lei). Ma ben presto in questa storia entreranno altre figure legate a uno sporco bar, il Liberty, e apparirà anche il figlio del defunto.
"Non vogliamo grane!" chiedono i superiori a Maigret mandato in Costa Azzurra a risolvere questo caso. E lui risolverà il delitto senza dare loro grane. Ritroviamo un Maigret sempre più solitario e malinconico, il quale, come in altre sue magistrali indagini, riesce a sbrogliare il delitto immedesimandosi nei vari personaggi che popolavano il piccolo mondo felice dell'assassinato il quale cercava solo un suo spazio ideale dove finalmente essere se stesso.
"Non vogliamo grane!" chiedono i superiori a Maigret mandato in Costa Azzurra a risolvere questo caso. E lui risolverà il delitto senza dare loro grane. Ritroviamo un Maigret sempre più solitario e malinconico, il quale, come in altre sue magistrali indagini, riesce a sbrogliare il delitto immedesimandosi nei vari personaggi che popolavano il piccolo mondo felice dell'assassinato il quale cercava solo un suo spazio ideale dove finalmente essere se stesso.
sir_ehssan's review
1.0
One of the worst books I have ever read.
This book was published just for commercial benefits. Don't read it, not even for wasting time.
This book was published just for commercial benefits. Don't read it, not even for wasting time.
peiman198913's review against another edition
3.0
داستانهای پلیسی معمولا جذابه مخصوصا وقتی یک کارآگاه با رفتارهای خاص خودش توی یک سری کتاب وجود داشته باشه، مثل خانوم مارپل یا موسیو پوآرو، اینجا هم با کارآگاه ساخته شده توسط ذهن ژرژ سیمنون روبرو هستیم، کارآگاه مگره. کافه لیبرتی داستان جذاب و نسبتا متفاوتی داره. کارآگاه مگره برای حل و فصل بی سر و صدای ماجرای قتل مردی که از پست چاقو خورده به جنوب فرانسه میره، طی تحقیقات به کافه‌ای میرسه که با بقیه‌ی کافه ها متفاوته، کافه لیبرتی و افراد حاضر در اون کافه و پسر و معشوقه‌ی هم خونه‌ی مقتول کم‌کم مسیر داستان و ماجرا رو مشخص میکنن.
han_cat's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
furfff's review
2.0
Simenon unwittingly borrows the plot from Dolly Parton’s Jolene for a real clunker. The last page sums it up best:
“It doesn’t matter!”
“I’m completely lost!”
“It doesn’t matter!”
“I’m completely lost!”
komet2020's review against another edition
4.0
Chief Inspector Maigret is on special assignment in the Côte d'Azur. He is met at the train station in Antibes by a young inspector by the name of Boutigues. Boutigues, knowing of Maigret's reputation, tries to ingratiate himself with the veteran policemen of the Paris Police Judiciare. Maigret shows little interest in the younger man as they ride an ancient fiacre to a house some distance away. It's a residence owned by an Australian. An Australian who had lived in the area for the past decade with 2 women and was found dead from a stab wound in the back. Maigret sets himself to investigating the murder. As he goes about uncovering the clues and questioning people who were associated with the Australian (who, it turns out, lived a somewhat schizophrenic existence), Maigret becomes caught up in the festive and somnolent atmosphere of the Côte d'Azur - "... A land fulfilling every promise: mimosa, sunshine, palms and parasol pines, tearooms, tennis, golf, and American bars..."
This is a book that will appeal to the senses and to any mystery book lover who enjoys a captivating story which is leisurely laid-out and whose denouement brings together all the pieces of the puzzle.
This is a book that will appeal to the senses and to any mystery book lover who enjoys a captivating story which is leisurely laid-out and whose denouement brings together all the pieces of the puzzle.
zoer03's review against another edition
1.0
well.... that was a waste of my time today.... absolutely awful.... the dialogue.... the characters just don't match it feels spiky and glitchy with no flow or rhythm. I will now not ever want to read any of these books. dull dull dull.
pixelina's review against another edition
2.0
Maigret is not very likable is he? He is kinda whiny and tired the whole time and he doesn't really give a damn about Justice, he is quite happy to solve the puzzle and then just leave it all to play out and go home.
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