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Le Parfum de la Dame en noir by Gaston Leroux

theclassicgoth's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

suzid's review against another edition

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

2.5

Not quite as good as the first in this series so not sure I will read the last. Lots of contrived plot lines to further the mystery and too many repetitive phrases like the title one of 'the perfume of the lady in black'. It wasn't very believable taking away most of the enjoyment of the story as it might have made.

colorfulleo92's review against another edition

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2.0

I love Gaston Leroux's phantom of the opera and hoped his other works would be as good but so far I haven't quite enjoyed them. Not terrible but not as memorable as phantom

smg's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

laure_frompariswithbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

aelurus's review against another edition

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medium-paced

3.5

J'ai trouvé ce deuxième roman mettant en scène Rouletabille moins passionnant que le premier. Pourtant c'est une suite du précédent. Je connaissais donc les protagonistes, la base de l'histoire et je devais savoir à quoi m'attendre, plus ou moins. Mais j'ai éprouvé plus de difficultés à rentrer dans l'histoire et intégrer les différents éléments qui la compose.
Ce n'est que sur la fin, les derniers chapitres que mon intérêt a été réellement éveillé.

Cela reste malgré tout une histoire intéressante et bien menée et qui là ouvre des perspectives bien différentes.

saralibrary's review against another edition

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sad tense slow-paced

2.0

xenia_li's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious tense
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

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imakandiway's review against another edition

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2.0

É fácil compreender como uma geração alimentada a doses semanais de centenas de conteúdos policiais, desde série a livros, passando por filmes, seja um pouco mais difícil de contentar do que as anteriores, contudo, isso não significa que devamos perdoar tudo às narrativas antigas. Muito pelo contrário, fazê-lo seria desvalorizar os autores que realmente merecem reconhecimento. Sim, seria mais fácil encontrar um ideia original no início do século passado quando Gaston Leroux escreveu esta obra, numa altura em alguns das noções nela utilizadas ainda não tinha sido muito exploradas, todavia, isso não o desculpa, pois outro trabalharam no mesmo contexto com resultados superiores.

Como peça de teatro, esta história poderia ter sido interessante, mas como livro é apenas mediana, na melhor das hipóteses. O único valor que lhe reconheço foi o esforço, bem conseguido, de manter o leitor informado sobre os eventos do volume anterior, sem prejudicar a fluidez da narrativa.

meliemelo's review against another edition

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4.0

Je l'ai autant apprécié que le premier. C'est vraiment très bien pensé ! Je continuerai peut-être un jour la série.