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Alex là một cuốn tiểu thuyết tội phạm được viết bởi tiểu thuyết gia người Pháp Pierre Lemaitre. Cuốn tiểu thuyết, mặc dù được xuất bản lần đầu bằng tiếng Pháp vào năm 2011, đã được Frank Wynne dịch sang tiếng Anh vào năm 2013
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September 3, 2022
Pierre Lemaitre lo vuelve hacer!! Construye una novela negra impecable.
February 8, 2021
Menuda pasada de libro! Maravilloso.
January 26, 2023
"Alex goes into the kitchen, grabbing her bag on the way, then comes back into the bedroom. She takes out her little bottle, straddles his chest, breaks a couple of teeth as she forces his jaws apart with the base of a lamp, bends a plastic fork in half and sticks it into his mouth to prop it open. " (Chapter 45)
Okay. So maybe this was the wrong picture to give in order to introduce the book. But...this book is shocking!! To say the least.
And I loved every single second of it. I did not expect to be here. After all, it is only my second book read for 2023. My choice for the year usually comes at the end of the year. But, alas, here we are. And this is the first book that I have read by Lemaitre which makes me question why I waited so long. Of course, finding book translated from his native tongue French can be difficult. But this guy is beyond brilliant. I could not give enough compliments even if I tried.
So I have perhaps found my favorite book of 2023 already. And I have found an author that I truly love and will read over and over if given the chance, and I do not say that often. He keeps you on the edge of your seat. I love the use of irony, I love surprise hooks in my stories; he provides both. You will never "see what's coming" with him. You can guess and might be correct, but then you'll have to make another guess and be wrong. Pierre Lemaitre: an author to remember.
Overall grade: 4.91
Okay. So maybe this was the wrong picture to give in order to introduce the book. But...this book is shocking!! To say the least.
And I loved every single second of it. I did not expect to be here. After all, it is only my second book read for 2023. My choice for the year usually comes at the end of the year. But, alas, here we are. And this is the first book that I have read by Lemaitre which makes me question why I waited so long. Of course, finding book translated from his native tongue French can be difficult. But this guy is beyond brilliant. I could not give enough compliments even if I tried.
So I have perhaps found my favorite book of 2023 already. And I have found an author that I truly love and will read over and over if given the chance, and I do not say that often. He keeps you on the edge of your seat. I love the use of irony, I love surprise hooks in my stories; he provides both. You will never "see what's coming" with him. You can guess and might be correct, but then you'll have to make another guess and be wrong. Pierre Lemaitre: an author to remember.
Overall grade: 4.91
May 21, 2024
⚠️Trigger warning ⚠️
(( Sexual abuse, child abuse, self harm ))
Plot twist berlapis-lapis tanpa ampun!!!! 😭🤯🤯
Kayaknya ini adalah buku ter’gila’ yang aku baca tahun ini!
📚 Seorang wanita (yang kita tau bernana Alex) dilaporkan telah diculik oleh seorang saksi mata, namun.. Tidak ada yang tau siapakah wanita itu sebenarnya, bahkan tidak ada satupun orang yang mencarinya..
Komandan Camile merupakan polisi yang diutus untuk menyelidiki kasus penculikan ini. Sebuah investigasi yang berawal dari kasus penculikan yang akan menguak kisah-kisah pelik dan mengerikan yang akan mengejutkan para pembaca.
📚 Gaya penulisannya sangat mudah dipahami, istilah-istilah kepolisian yang dijelaskan dengan sederhana, sehingga pembaca awam dapat mengerti.
Investigasi yang dilakukan para polisi juga sangat detail dan cerdas!! (sumpah ini keren banget!!!!!)
Sudut pandang yang digunakan adalah sudut pandang orang ketiga, Alex dan Camile secara bergantian, di mana para pembaca merasakan pergolakan batin kedua tokoh tersebut.
Aku bergidik ngeri dan semakin sesak begitu twist-twist perlahan-lahan terungkap, bahkan semakin mendekati akhir semakin mengerikan (aku bahkan sampe gigit ujung bantal saking ngilunya😭)
📚Harap berhati-hati bagi yang ingin membaca buku ini, bagi beberapa pembaca mungkin akan ketrigger🥲
Overall novel ini sangat SERU dan page turner banget. Aku baca novel ini hanya dalam sekali duduk!!
🌟5/5
(( Sexual abuse, child abuse, self harm ))
Plot twist berlapis-lapis tanpa ampun!!!! 😭🤯🤯
Kayaknya ini adalah buku ter’gila’ yang aku baca tahun ini!
📚 Seorang wanita (yang kita tau bernana Alex) dilaporkan telah diculik oleh seorang saksi mata, namun.. Tidak ada yang tau siapakah wanita itu sebenarnya, bahkan tidak ada satupun orang yang mencarinya..
Komandan Camile merupakan polisi yang diutus untuk menyelidiki kasus penculikan ini. Sebuah investigasi yang berawal dari kasus penculikan yang akan menguak kisah-kisah pelik dan mengerikan yang akan mengejutkan para pembaca.
📚 Gaya penulisannya sangat mudah dipahami, istilah-istilah kepolisian yang dijelaskan dengan sederhana, sehingga pembaca awam dapat mengerti.
Investigasi yang dilakukan para polisi juga sangat detail dan cerdas!! (sumpah ini keren banget!!!!!)
Sudut pandang yang digunakan adalah sudut pandang orang ketiga, Alex dan Camile secara bergantian, di mana para pembaca merasakan pergolakan batin kedua tokoh tersebut.
Aku bergidik ngeri dan semakin sesak begitu twist-twist perlahan-lahan terungkap, bahkan semakin mendekati akhir semakin mengerikan (aku bahkan sampe gigit ujung bantal saking ngilunya😭)
📚Harap berhati-hati bagi yang ingin membaca buku ini, bagi beberapa pembaca mungkin akan ketrigger🥲
Overall novel ini sangat SERU dan page turner banget. Aku baca novel ini hanya dalam sekali duduk!!
🌟5/5
October 23, 2024
un altro bel giallo di Lemaitre, uno di quelli in cui l'opinione che hai dei vari personaggi che incontri cambia dalla pena all'odio all'empatia man mano che si approfondisce il caso e nessuno è in realtà colui che credevi fosse. Divorato
June 27, 2020
fuertísimo, creativo, original, violento
Un secuestro que angustia. Personajes bien armados.
Un secuestro que angustia. Personajes bien armados.
June 9, 2024
Nội dung hay, twist cuối truyện khá ấn tượng, tuy nhiên mạch khá chậm tác giả viết lê thê dài dòng, những đoạn tả về nhân vật thanh tra Camille đọc buồn ngủ 😅
February 22, 2025
Quelle maîtrise du thriller. Millimétré. Dur. Bien rythmé. Intelligent. Bien écrit. Il joue avec le style , frôle la caricature, mais n'y verse jamais. Donc tape dans le mille. Au dessus du lot.
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