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A review by _ignorethesmoke
The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair by Joël Dicker
2.0
So... many... exclamation marks!!!!
If you get rid of all the mother's phonecalls (those were supposed to be funny??) and all the "Magnificent" backstory and cavilations, it's a normal, decent book, but I found myself rolling my eyes to infinity everytime the narrator explained how hard he wanted to be a succesful writter, how hard his life was and how much he admired Harry. Also, what's with repeating chunks of paragraphs we read two or three pages ago? No wonder it's 600+ pages. Chop 200 pages and it would have been a better book.
As for the plot twists, I guessed who the killer was 150 pages in. Some other things surprised me, but I found them pretty convoluted and implausible (not that I expected it to be 100% realistic, but come on...)
I never write reviews here but for Harry Quebert I had to make an exception. That's how annoyed this book got me.
If you get rid of all the mother's phonecalls (those were supposed to be funny??) and all the "Magnificent" backstory and cavilations, it's a normal, decent book, but I found myself rolling my eyes to infinity everytime the narrator explained how hard he wanted to be a succesful writter, how hard his life was and how much he admired Harry. Also, what's with repeating chunks of paragraphs we read two or three pages ago? No wonder it's 600+ pages. Chop 200 pages and it would have been a better book.
As for the plot twists, I guessed who the killer was 150 pages in. Some other things surprised me, but I found them pretty convoluted and implausible (not that I expected it to be 100% realistic, but come on...)
I never write reviews here but for Harry Quebert I had to make an exception. That's how annoyed this book got me.