Reviews

Scene of the Crime by Patrick Modiano

crnavedrana's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No

3.0

leonardfrancojr's review

dark sad slow-paced

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

3.5

Very French and dreamlike.

danni_faith's review

3.0

DAMN! This suffers from the same thing as MISSING PERSON. They both are too plotty. Surprised he wrote such a terrible novel this late in his career. WHY MODIANO?

zissou87's review

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

3.0

chromathilda's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

cck13's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

william1349's review

4.0

Modiano. Third person is a change that doesn’t always work so well; and the meta details I’m unsure of. But it’s Modiano.

epicpinkfluffyunicorn's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

interesting and explorative

tonyhightower's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

nini23's review

4.25

Patrick Modiano excels in evoking a tangled skein of buried memories, with a dreamlike foreboding quality. Translated from French by Mark Polizzotti.  My second novella of Modiano's after So You Don't Get Lost in the Neighborhood (Pour que tu ne te perdes pas dans le quartier).