A review by beccajdb
Paris Echo by Sebastian Faulks

informative medium-paced

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

2.0

If Faulks wants to educate us about occupied Paris and Algerian independence, I wish he’d just write a history. Instead we get a weak story peppered with information that sounds ridiculous in the mouths of the unbelievable characters. And ‘ghosts’ of Victor Hugo etc?!! For crying out loud. To make matters worse, we have a female main character and a Moroccan 19-year-old who are drawn like stick figures and are just devices for information and stereotyping. Awful.