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L'arcipelago del cane by Philippe Claudel

jbrieu's review against another edition

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4.0

Un huis clos insulaire, où les personnages ne sont pas sympathiques mais restent assez humains pour s’y attacher.

loki789's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

clarasym's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

Attention les humains sont méchants!! 

Pourquoi dans un livre qui commence avec la découverte des corps échoués de trois migrants et qui enchaîne sur le viol d’une gamine de onze ans, la plus grande victime est l’homme qu’on accuse de l’avoir violée (injustement certes)?

lqueijo's review against another edition

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4.0

Ainda que me tenham feito confusão algumas passagens do livro (pela forma como estão escritas), não deixa de ser uma história bem contada com uma mensagem subliminar que tem tanto de importante como é deplorável a postura que a origina.
Publicitado como uma “negra parábola”, parece-me mais um relato fiel daquilo que pode acontecer a qualquer momento, em qualquer local, com quaisquer intervenientes e que demonstra o pior que há no ser humano.
A ler, definitivamente.

karuzelanakoparce's review against another edition

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3.0

Z pana autora żaden myśliciel

lemonbugs's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

J'ai franchement pas trop aimé. Le pire moment pour moi c'était
l'examination de Mila et les commentaires sur "la plasticité de son vagin" genre quoi? quelle plasticité? du vagin qui est un muscle?

Je suis comme le Docteur je lis les livres et j'aime bien espèrer que le monde est bon et l'humanité est belle et bonne... appelle-moi naïve mais je crois que c'est mieux être naïve que croire que les gens sont en fait terribles (comme dans "Justine" de de Sade.....)

aizuni's review against another edition

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challenging mysterious reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes

3.0

ahinks's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

jaaayne's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

dina_b's review against another edition

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3.0

Os corpos de 3 jovens migrantes africanos dão à costa na praia de uma ilha do mediterrâneo, os poucos que os encontram, decidem fazer desaparecer os corpos para não prejudicar um projecto de termas que irão ajudar no desenvolvimento, muito necessário, da ilha. A consciência pesada de um dos participantes, irá alterar tudo. Corrupção, lado negro da alma humana, mentiras, multidão que transforma as pessoas em animais. No final o carma apanha os habitantes e a ilha, uma certa justiça poética.