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L'enfant Aux Cailloux (2011)

by Sophie Loubière(Favorite Author)

3.92 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Pocket

review 1: As with their movies, in general, I find that the French, at least those that are translated, are very deft with psychological twisters. In many of the crime novels I've read by French authors, there is an underlying element that enhances the writing and adds more of a purpose to the proceedings than just whodunnit. This novel which grabbed me and didn't let go also incorporated two wonderful character studies, and a third which isn't immediately obvious. Satisfying.
review 2: When a psychologically damaged old retired school teacher returns home after an extended mysterious stay at a convalescent home, she finds she has new neighbors. When their children play in their yard, she begins seeing a pale grey boy (she calls "the stone boy") who seems part of the ... morefamily. Everyone denies he exists, but is she just crazy or is she really seeing him? Loubière details the crazy things the old woman does, like setting numerous mousetraps on her second floor and killing cats because they are the way "they" spy on us. But even though we suspect her as being an unreliable witness, does that make what she sees unreal? The story becomes a fascinating psychological thriller which provides surprise after surprise and comes to satisfying conclusion. I highly recommend. less

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