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hananebou's review
4.0
I have just finished this book and let me tell you this...i want a sequel real bad.
I loved the style of writing that was used(in french),it was very easy to follow and i rapidly got attached to the characters.Even though i share the same thought of many,which is that:Fantomas actually kills without any concrete reason...but still,i loved Juve as a character,he was always so intreseting and very clever.
I like these kind of books because they teach me how to think in some ways.
I loved the style of writing that was used(in french),it was very easy to follow and i rapidly got attached to the characters.Even though i share the same thought of many,which is that:Fantomas actually kills without any concrete reason...but still,i loved Juve as a character,he was always so intreseting and very clever.
I like these kind of books because they teach me how to think in some ways.
mmejiaaar's review
4.0
truly a great book! the twists kept the reader invested in the story, it is one of those pieces that make you wish that the villian was either able to prove their innocence or escape. the conclusions at which Juve arrived to were unexpected, interesting, and surprising. even now that i have finished the book, i have yet to believe that Gurn, Fantômas, and Étienne are the same person: it would be a hell of a plot twist if they weren’t.
cannot wait to read the next one!
cannot wait to read the next one!
xilajung's review
4.0
Wow! That's my thought at the ending.
I was hoping for more pages!
Though it started dreary, the pace started to alter as the murder began.
I'm totally not familiar with the author and this is randomly picked. I'm surprised by the unexpected twist. I am happy to have read such piece of art.
I was hoping for more pages!
Though it started dreary, the pace started to alter as the murder began.
I'm totally not familiar with the author and this is randomly picked. I'm surprised by the unexpected twist. I am happy to have read such piece of art.
lachesisreads's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
mattsjaeger's review against another edition
4.0
100 year old French crime fiction - would never have predicted I would have had so much fun reading it, but there you go. Your suspension of disbelief is required, but if you’re game, this read is full of twists and turns and mistaken identities.
mylogicisfuzzy's review against another edition
1.0
I think the fact that the authors were given a month in which to write Fantomas is telling. It is just terrible, sensationalist, yes, but superficial, with no depth to it, a convoluted plot and hordes of uninteresting and underdeveloped characters. It's also dated badly. I guess the fact that we have this criminal who continues to get away with it (since there are 30 odd Fantomas books, this is not a spoiler) made it a bit subversive at the time and perhaps this was the appeal to the surrealists but as a literary work, I found no value in it whatsoever - I read it because it is on Guardian's list of 1,000 novels everyone should read. Really? It's a pulp novel and not a particularly good one at that.
sarah42783's review against another edition
3.0
I was very eager to read this book and although I did enjoy it, it wasn't as good as I expected it to be. There are two main problems with this novel: the plot is quite erratic and there is little character development. Still, it is a fun and enjoyable pulp fiction read, mostly because its main character is an arch-villain, which is quite irresistible.
ginpomelo's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
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