Some SF, fantasy, and obscure LGBT, mixed with travel, photography theory and women authors, in French and English.
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J’ai repensé à ces innombrables rapports auxquels je m’étais forcée par politesse, pour ne pas …
At times funny, enraging and hard-hitting, this essay where Ovidie explains her sex strike should make everyone -- and especially straight cis-men -- think about their practice of love, sex and relationships.
— Le dolmen dont tu m’as parlé, Johan, il est bien sur la route du …
Here's the thing with amazing authors : they get you used to amazing books. Unfortunately, this one isn't that, although it is always nice to read an Adamsberg novel. It's just that it's a bit long and boring at times, the charm of the previous novels isn't really there.
A strange and beautifully written novel ; there's love and grief, empathy and grudges, leaving home and coming back... and lots of flames.
Dans une grande ville d'un pays en guerre, un spécialiste de l'interrogatoire accomplit chaque jour …
It's a short read, but subtly tense and very well written.
Le coeur battant, Emma Lindahl cogne à la porte du manoir dressé sur une petite …
I picked this book because I'd just photographed the author -- who is super nice -- on the very island where the action is happening. Maybe brutal crime novels aren't too much my thing anymore, all the POV characters withhold information, in one case it works really well, in the others, not so much...
One secret withheld to protect humanity’s future might be its undoing…
Renata Ghali believed in …
A really good read, the main character is nuanced and the plot strong -- even though the trope "I have a really dark secret, let me tell you about it much later" is a bit overused in novels, it still works, as the story is more than just that.
A fun and gripping book, full of mystery.
Would you give up everything to change the world?
Humanity clings to life on January--a …
Content warning Spoilers ahead!
Good beginning and plenty of interesting ideas throughout the book, but the pacing falls apart, and the characters lack of depth and real evolution.
(Also, by the middle of the book, it become apparent that one of the main POV character isn't very smart, and by the end, she's obviously dumb as rocks. And then, like that, the book ends.)
With the heart of an Atwood tale and the visuals of a classic Asian period …
Great storytelling, I was enchanted by the world Nghi Vo has created.
Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth …
Good story and pleasant read, but I wasn't really taken by the writing.