2,5/5. I got to say that I'm closing this book with a bit of a disappointment. The first third of it was interesting, but then it get a bit repetitive, the organization become a problem, because the author seem to lost herself a bit into digression and the focus point of the book was lost, or at least it felt that way to me. We get a bit of evolutionary theory, a lot of stuff about the shell, a lot of anatomy too, etc. The information was great and if you're new to the subject you will learn stuff. Unfortunately I'm not totally new to the subject, I already read some book on it, and I didn't learn as much as I would have like and the organization and the structure of the book seem problematic to me.

Another book in that Bear collection or series. I have issues with it. I understand why and what it try to do, but the execution doesn't seem very weak execute to me because in the end the bear look dumb. It is a book about being generous, but not too generous, because you still have to think about you too, which is a fine message for some people who tend to give it all and hold on to nothing for me, but the way it wa presented did not do it for me...

Dernier livre de la dernière sélection du Prix des lecteurs du Livre de poche 2020 catégorie polar. Un livre qui termine bien cette sélection et cette aventure.

Un livre qui est une réussite à plusieurs niveaux. Tout d’abord, l’écriture est très agréable, fluide, efficace et l’on ressent ce plaisir sans cesse renouvelé de lire un livre dans sa langue originale. J’ai également beaucoup aimé le style de narration, une enquête menée sur deux flancs, en parallèle, par deux «enquêteurs» aux motifs différents, mais ayant somme toute un but commun. L’univers, le décor, est tout aussi réussi. Que ce soit Tchernobyl et tout ce qui touche à cette catastrophe, que les connaissances sur l’univers de la taxidermie, l’auteur nous permet non seulement de lire une bonne enquête, mais aussi d’apprendre, et pour moi, c’est toujours un facteur de succès. Dernier point, l’intrigue, on ne peut parler d’un polar sans mentionner l’intrigue, très bien ficelée, prenante jusqu’à la fin, de bons revirements et un dénouement qui m’a surpris, je n’avais pas vu venir du tout. Un excellent roman que je recommande fortement et un auteur que j’ai découvert avec plaisir.

Seul petit bémol avant de conclure, l’épilogue m’a semblé sec, trop court, brutal même, on aurait pu lui remettre un peu de chair, lui rajouter quelques pages, pour mieux boucler la boucle de certains personnages.

4,5/5. Great book, not necessarily center on my favorite characters, but it did a lot of evolution in the main plot of the series.

3,5/5. Une BD qui me laisse mitigée. En tant qu’adulte, rien ne m’a vraiment accroché, en raison d’un aspect déjà-vu de l’histoire, mais une histoire tout de même intéressante, qui pourrait plaire à des lecteurs plus jeune ou ayant moins lu. J’ai adoré les illustrations, très vives, de belles couleurs. Sans être un coup de cœur, une bonne BD bien exécutée.

Well thank you for the hope but it didn't! In fact this book was so cynical that it made me feel worse, true story! Still the cartoonist style was well done and work well, but it might be too cynical, even for a guy like me, which I find a bit scary...

Just when I thought Tynion was on a run... This one was very disappointing, story, action, twist, everything felt forced and uninspired. Big disappointment!

The cover glows in the dark! That might be the only reason why I will keep this book, because honestly, inside, there isn't much. A very personal non-fiction, more of a memoir than a essay. We don't learn anything, the author force the writing to be poetic, which was so not necessary in a book like that and we end up asking ourselves why we read it.

A nice enough issue as FCBD but not sure how much relevant it's in the grand scheme. But still it was nice!

A cat story… Not bad in any way, but I can’t say I really enjoy it either. Too light for my personal taste. But maybe younger readers and cat lovers might enjoy it a bit.