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A review by ellemaddy
The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair by Joël Dicker
1.0
Jail for every men in this book. Review contains spoiler.
There’s something so disgusting about writing a 15 year old character who’s ‘abused by her family’ and whose only characteristic and life purpose is to save and fix a pedo twice her age who developed an unhealthy fixation for her. It’s disgusting how every men in this book treated her, failed her, abused & assaulted her, and kept talking about how she’s 15 but doesn’t look 15, the way they keep mentioning that she’s a CHILD but she also managed to manipulate them into doing what she wants them to do. At some point she’s also being referred to as a ‘woman’. She’s 15. There was a scene where she literally did a school play in this. Thats a kid with HOMEWORK. A 30 something year old ADULT man has no business falling in love with that kid, especially not when the “falling in love” process is him seeing her and noticing how pretty she is. GET FUCKED.
The main character is a vain flat piece of cardboard written in such a way that manipulates you into thinking that he’s imperfect and that even though he’s rich, successful, talented and GOOD LOOKING (i counted at least 4 different characters telling him that they disliked him but they think that he’s good looking. Everytime the side characters bring it up it’s so out of place and weird that i can’t help but notice it) you should feel sorry and admire him for it. Is it depth just because your main character has one single flaw? (or more like a non flaw. You’re telling me he’s so afraid of failing or being mediocre so he attends mediocre clubs and college to have less competition and in the process that makes him stand out from all of his peers and that’s supposed to be his Flaw?) Get the fuck outta here, joel.
Another thing. I’m no professional book reviewer or the boss of literature so this is purely my subjective opinion but is it just me or is the writing actually SO HORRENDOUS? 90% of this book is people having conversations and telling you things. It’s a lot of telling and no showing. The way the timeline goes back and forth is so messy and redundant. One thing I can give to this author is his ability to keep you enraged and pissed off enough to keep reading but i think it’s a bit much that this shit is 600 pages long. Is it actually that serious? You’re literally writing a trashy thriller, pack it up.
Reading this book makes me wish that some men are banned from writing. Please spare us from the all the pathetic wish fulfillment gary sues. I’m so sick to death of them.
Anyway, I wanna list the crimes that these male characters have committed in this book (plus the annoying things they did):
1. Markie mark: for bragging non stop about his success and being rich and a wunderkind. Are you ryan howard??? Also because the narrative keeps pushing for us to remember about his success and his good look NON STOP. Idrgaf. what is his personality other than being a fucking loser??? I also think it’s insane that the police guy just let him led the investigation. In which world are we living in, huh???
2. Harry the pedo: a literal child predator. Non only that but he’s also a flop writer who stole other people’s work. Another guy with loser behavior that i have 0 sympathy for. The way he keeps yapping about nola like N-O-L-A. We get it, you read lolita. What’s the reason why you fell in love and developed an obsession with a 15 year old girl again? *checks note* oh yeah because you’re a child predator. Last I check that’s illegal. Jail for a thousand years.
3. Chief pratt: a literal child predator and a rapist. I wanted to say that he deserves jail time for a thousand years too but he’s dead. Deserve. acab number 1.
4. That one rich guy: child predator enabler, also a criminal
5. Luther: another child predator. painting a 15 year old nude? he deserved to die
6. Jenny’s dad: another child predator enabler. So a kid tells you she’s in a relationship with a 30 year old guy and your response is “oh they found love, i’m gonna help them” you deserve to actually get cancer. It actually doesn’t fucking matter to me how often the characters in this book condemn Nola & Harry’s relationship, they keep saying that it makes them want to throw up. OK YES AND??? Do something tf.
7. Nola’s dad: for being an absentee dad and just for generally being yet another useless man
8. Travis: incel murderer. acab number 2. jail for a thousand years
There’s something so disgusting about writing a 15 year old character who’s ‘abused by her family’ and whose only characteristic and life purpose is to save and fix a pedo twice her age who developed an unhealthy fixation for her. It’s disgusting how every men in this book treated her, failed her, abused & assaulted her, and kept talking about how she’s 15 but doesn’t look 15, the way they keep mentioning that she’s a CHILD but she also managed to manipulate them into doing what she wants them to do. At some point she’s also being referred to as a ‘woman’. She’s 15. There was a scene where she literally did a school play in this. Thats a kid with HOMEWORK. A 30 something year old ADULT man has no business falling in love with that kid, especially not when the “falling in love” process is him seeing her and noticing how pretty she is. GET FUCKED.
The main character is a vain flat piece of cardboard written in such a way that manipulates you into thinking that he’s imperfect and that even though he’s rich, successful, talented and GOOD LOOKING (i counted at least 4 different characters telling him that they disliked him but they think that he’s good looking. Everytime the side characters bring it up it’s so out of place and weird that i can’t help but notice it) you should feel sorry and admire him for it. Is it depth just because your main character has one single flaw? (or more like a non flaw. You’re telling me he’s so afraid of failing or being mediocre so he attends mediocre clubs and college to have less competition and in the process that makes him stand out from all of his peers and that’s supposed to be his Flaw?) Get the fuck outta here, joel.
Another thing. I’m no professional book reviewer or the boss of literature so this is purely my subjective opinion but is it just me or is the writing actually SO HORRENDOUS? 90% of this book is people having conversations and telling you things. It’s a lot of telling and no showing. The way the timeline goes back and forth is so messy and redundant. One thing I can give to this author is his ability to keep you enraged and pissed off enough to keep reading but i think it’s a bit much that this shit is 600 pages long. Is it actually that serious? You’re literally writing a trashy thriller, pack it up.
Reading this book makes me wish that some men are banned from writing. Please spare us from the all the pathetic wish fulfillment gary sues. I’m so sick to death of them.
Anyway, I wanna list the crimes that these male characters have committed in this book (plus the annoying things they did):
1. Markie mark: for bragging non stop about his success and being rich and a wunderkind. Are you ryan howard??? Also because the narrative keeps pushing for us to remember about his success and his good look NON STOP. Idrgaf. what is his personality other than being a fucking loser??? I also think it’s insane that the police guy just let him led the investigation. In which world are we living in, huh???
2. Harry the pedo: a literal child predator. Non only that but he’s also a flop writer who stole other people’s work. Another guy with loser behavior that i have 0 sympathy for. The way he keeps yapping about nola like N-O-L-A. We get it, you read lolita. What’s the reason why you fell in love and developed an obsession with a 15 year old girl again? *checks note* oh yeah because you’re a child predator. Last I check that’s illegal. Jail for a thousand years.
3. Chief pratt: a literal child predator and a rapist. I wanted to say that he deserves jail time for a thousand years too but he’s dead. Deserve. acab number 1.
4. That one rich guy: child predator enabler, also a criminal
5. Luther: another child predator. painting a 15 year old nude? he deserved to die
6. Jenny’s dad: another child predator enabler. So a kid tells you she’s in a relationship with a 30 year old guy and your response is “oh they found love, i’m gonna help them” you deserve to actually get cancer. It actually doesn’t fucking matter to me how often the characters in this book condemn Nola & Harry’s relationship, they keep saying that it makes them want to throw up. OK YES AND??? Do something tf.
7. Nola’s dad: for being an absentee dad and just for generally being yet another useless man
8. Travis: incel murderer. acab number 2. jail for a thousand years