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Irène by Pierre Lemaitre

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mcllobregat's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

rocio_monbb's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

contintayletras's review against another edition

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2.0

2'5.

Después de leer "Vestido de novia", libro que me gustó mucho, ha sido una decepción. No me ha enganchado, me ha costado días leerlo y tenía la sensación de que no pasaba nada.

gautumn's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense

3.5

mrquesito's review

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challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

ljm57's review

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3.0

The first in the French detective series which features Commandant Camille Verhœven as the chief investigator but the second I’ve read. I first read Alex which I thought was brilliant and, for me, Irène was good but didn’t live up to Alex. This book provides pertinent aspects of Camille’s personal back story and as the title is his wife’s name, she plays an important role in the story. Camille is a fascinating character, and both he, and his team are all very well done. As usual the string of murders is heinous and the violence is brutally depicted. I enjoyed the investigative aspect of the plot as a clever serial killer reenacts murder scenes from classic detective novels. It is fast-paced with lots of twists and turns. Not sure the ending worked well for me. It came very suddenly and was quite the twist. I didn’t feel it was fleshed out enough given that everything preceding it was played out in detail.