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A review by caidyn
Camille by Pierre Lemaitre
3.0
Things haven't changed for me much from the first book to this one. Not a fan of the writing. It's too short and choppy for my liking. It works sometimes, yes, but all the time? Not for me. I don't like Camille. Sorry, I just don't. I feel disconnected from him the whole time and I find the other characters more interesting. He would have made a great side character, in my opinion.
Again, it took ages for this book to speed up. Literally, it wasn't until 70% where this book really picked up and showed the cards it should have had from ~50%. That way, I could have been shouting at the book the whole time instead of struggling through it. It reads fast, but boy was it boring for me. I had been hoping to read it all yesterday, however I was just too bored of it. Boredom really doesn't motivate me to read fast, especially since I know I need to read pretty carefully to catch everything.
It starts off rather randomly. I still don't know what happened to Armand. If it happened in the second book, I was more focused on Alex's character than Camille. The same for this one. It should have been titled Anne.Or Irene II since it so heavily focused on the events in that book. However, other than [b:Irène|19480636|Irène (Verhœven, #1)|Pierre Lemaitre|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1401798323s/19480636.jpg|27565439], this was the one that really focused on Camille and his journey/past. It was all about him. Too bad I don't like him, so I found the other POVs more interesting and probably spaced out a lot of important info. Oops.
Still, I want to read [b:Rosy & John|18271724|Rosy & John|Pierre Lemaitre|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1375226722s/18271724.jpg|25735922]... once it gets translated to English. Because I can't read French and don't know enough Spanish to feel comfortable reading it that way since it's been translated to that language already.
Again, it took ages for this book to speed up. Literally, it wasn't until 70% where this book really picked up and showed the cards it should have had from ~50%. That way, I could have been shouting at the book the whole time instead of struggling through it. It reads fast, but boy was it boring for me. I had been hoping to read it all yesterday, however I was just too bored of it. Boredom really doesn't motivate me to read fast, especially since I know I need to read pretty carefully to catch everything.
It starts off rather randomly. I still don't know what happened to Armand. If it happened in the second book, I was more focused on Alex's character than Camille. The same for this one. It should have been titled Anne.
Still, I want to read [b:Rosy & John|18271724|Rosy & John|Pierre Lemaitre|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1375226722s/18271724.jpg|25735922]... once it gets translated to English. Because I can't read French and don't know enough Spanish to feel comfortable reading it that way since it's been translated to that language already.