09-10-2015, 11:07 AM
Book recommendation:
If you want a very unusual detective story, I'd rec this one:
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"Seeking Whom He May Devour", by Fred Vargas. This is a detective story and a murder-mystery, like I said, but it's not your usual Agatha Christie type of thing, at all. It takes place in rural France, which is a setting that I'm not familiar with, and it's very atmospheric and quirky and different. IMO the writing style is both a strength and a weakness. This novel was translated from French into English, and from what I can tell, the translation resulted in some awkward and choppy language. If you can read French, I'd prob. recommend seeking out the original version, because the language in the translation is clunky, but it's still a good, spooky, and very suspenseful novel. (I can't read French, but I'm assuming the translation is the reason why the writing style is rather stilted.) Still, it was a real page-turner, and I enjoyed it a lot.
If you want a very unusual detective story, I'd rec this one:
"Seeking Whom He May Devour", by Fred Vargas. This is a detective story and a murder-mystery, like I said, but it's not your usual Agatha Christie type of thing, at all. It takes place in rural France, which is a setting that I'm not familiar with, and it's very atmospheric and quirky and different. IMO the writing style is both a strength and a weakness. This novel was translated from French into English, and from what I can tell, the translation resulted in some awkward and choppy language. If you can read French, I'd prob. recommend seeking out the original version, because the language in the translation is clunky, but it's still a good, spooky, and very suspenseful novel. (I can't read French, but I'm assuming the translation is the reason why the writing style is rather stilted.) Still, it was a real page-turner, and I enjoyed it a lot.