Helpful votes received on reviews:
70% (1,182 of 1,680)
Location: France
In My Own Words:
I teach English and I love my job. Some of my favourite books: Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice,Adam Bede,A prayer for Owen Meany, Bleak House,What a carve up,the tree of hands, A certain justice,a word child, Les Mis�rables, les rois maudits... I love Mozart, Puccini, Mahler, Abba, Pink Floyd, the Stranglers, the Editors, Simple Minds, Kate Bush... Favourite doctor Who episode Blink, lots of favour… Read moreI teach English and I love my job.
Some of my favourite books: Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice,Adam Bede,A prayer for Owen Meany, Bleak House,What a carve up,the tree of hands, A certain justice,a word child, Les Mis�rables, les rois maudits...
I love Mozart, Puccini, Mahler, Abba, Pink Floyd, the Stranglers, the Editors, Simple Minds, Kate Bush...
Favourite doctor Who episode Blink, lots of favourite films among them,Notorious,the hours, le vieux fusil, Rouge, On connait la chanson,the Empire strikes back,nte night of the hunter...
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That this should have won a prize is beyond funny but as the novel isn't disagreeable if one is willing to overlook the poor style of writing I certainly don't mind and I don't begrudge the author her pleasure at receiving it. I just wonder what the other contestants had to offer if this was the best! Well, when I read the reviews I expected this to be serious literature and in this I'm seriously disappointed. I was soon aware that it wasn't to be the case and that I was in for a Mills and Boons instead. The first chapter is examplary in that respect. Here is the heroine, freshly arrived in a new place, taking a walk and what should she see but a good-looking naked man swimming in the… Read more
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It is quite an unpretentious book with engaging characters and although not literary in style it is nonetheless pleasant to read. Unfortunately there isn't much plot in it and the story is way too straightforward with no twists and turns . It fails as a detective novel because it doesn't present any misleading clues or false trails and readers have nothing to engage their intellect with. It's agreeable to spend a few hours reading the tale but there is no challenge whatsoever and the story is therefore very soon forgotten.
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Dealing both with some famous London murders in 1811 and with the adventures of a young farmer in the 16th century 'the English Monster' is a clever tale of adventure and revenge. Real events and people are mixed with totally invented facts and characters and this strange mixture works really well. I was at first more interested by the 1811 part of the tale, the uncovering of clues concerning the murders of the Marr family but once Billy Ablass, after having joined a Plymouth ship looking to make his fortune, finds himself on the Florida shore face to face with some dying Native Americans and cursed by the old Indian woman, things take a strange turn and his story becomes utterly… Read more
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