Jules et Jim

from Lady_Lazarus

Beautifully written, but despite that, I can't overcome the fact that I cannot understand the characters and this leads directly to the lack of sympathy for any of them. The characters are left vague and there's no hints to explain their actions or moods - which is exactly how it is with most of ...

from Pummzie

I'm not one of those readers who devours a book a day but I literally read this in 24 hours - I'm trying to work out why that was: firstly Roche's uses short, pithy sentences which makes for easy reading. Each chapter is only a few pages long so I was continuously persuaded to read one more... an...