Reviews

Vernonas Subutexas 1 by Virginie Despentes

louisents's review against another edition

5.0

excellent

le talent de despentes pour le développement de la psychologie de ses personnages !!! et sa capacité à peindre un portrait de la société à la fois vaste et détaillé, qui enlève toute vision manichéenne WOW on voit les personnages sous tous les angles possibles, on s’attache d’une certaine manière à eux, mais ce qui ressort de ce roman c’est à quel point on est tous pourris de l’intérieur quand même; même si on se rend compte qu’eux l’ignorent mais ils sont tous reliés

l’intrigue est très prenante, j’ai hâte de lire la suite

olavit's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

tunatanga's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

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

5.0

cfhaywood97's review against another edition

funny informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

caw21's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

nathegz's review against another edition

Je n'accroch pas du tout au style d'écriture, trop cru pour moi... pas fait pour tout le monde 🤷🏻‍♂️

em_h_ma's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Je ne sais pas si j’ai aimé ou détesté ce livre. Je l’ai trouvé écœurant, dégoûtant, dérangeant mais aussi touchant. Il m’a fait réfléchir. Dans tous les cas j’ai beaucoup plus apprécié la fin que le début. L’ensemble est juste un condensé de tout ce qui est mauvais dans le monde. Et comme toujours, les histoires d’animaux ont réussi à me faire pleurer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

lqueijo's review against another edition

4.0

Sem ser brilhante, neste primeiro volume da trilogia, Despentes apresenta-nos as desventuras de Vernon Subutex, “rocker” da velha guarda, na Paris moderna, rodeado de personagens carismáticas que ilustram a sociedade actual. Com um ritmo rápido e uma caracterização de personagens bem executada, o livro lê-se num ápice.
De salientar o facto de, muito provavelmente, este ser o livro com pior tradução e revisão que me passou pelas mãos. Uma absoluta vergonha. Uma notória tradução da versão Espanhola com erros ortográficos vergonhosos que se tivesse sido revista não ocorreriam.
Alguém da Elsinore devia precaver situações destas.

seanhelvey's review against another edition

4.0

What an amazing find! I’m more interested in the author than this character and series, but I really enjoyed reading this book.

bookbabe0614's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

2.5