A review by paulataua
Irène by Pierre Lemaitre

3.0

I finally got around to it. ‘Irene’ has lots to commend it. It’s fast paced, interesting , has lots of twists and turns, and has a really really good ending. On the negative side, I find Lemaitre’s writing is just so rushed. There is so little reflection or attention to feelings. We are just given ‘the story’, and even the few chapters given over to his relationship with Irene and the child just seem out of place in this hard boiled thriller. I just wonder how much better it might have been there had been more focus on emotions and a closer examination of that relationship in the story.