Book Review: The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair - Joel Dicker

Wow!
I don't even have any other words to describe it.
My good friend Elisa has recommended this book to me and when I finished it she asked me how it was and I just didn't know what to say.
I will try to review this book without spoiling it too much, although I see it a bit hard to do.

So, the basic story is that Harry Quebert gets arrested for killing a 15-years-old girl disappeared 33 years before the discovery of her body.
Marcus Goldman, a good friend of Harry, intervenes to help his friend and prove his innocence.

The book is 615 pages long and - I kid you not - every page is filled with an unexpected turn!
There was not a minute where I was like "WTF is happening!!", screaming in my room cause I did not see one thing or the other coming.

I must admit, I had an intuition on who the murderer was from the beginning, but I just didn't know the reason. And believe me, you will never see it coming.

Sky is now airing the TV serie of the book, I saw the first episode before I read the book, but managed to finish the book before I saw any other episode. So now I can enjoy the TV serie.

I could go on talking about this forever, but it will be full of spoilers and believe me, you want to read this without spoilers!

If anyone has read it and wants to talk about it, please feel free to message me!

Ciao Ciao,
V.

Book Review: Another Woman's Husband - Gill Paul

Well, this was another great novel by Gill Paul. I read this book in 24 hours, that's how hooked I was.

This is the story of two women that have deeply affected the course of the English Monarchy.
From one hand we have Wallis Simpson, a divorcee that captured the English prince's (and then king) heart; on the other hand there's Princess Diana, whose death is still a mystery.

I knew about Lady D., even if at the time of her death I was too young, I watched documentaries, I watched movies and heard all about it.
What I didn't know, it was Wallis Simpson. Yes, I knew who she was - those English history classes actually paid off - but I didn't know anything else about her. It was such an insight!
I even bough another biography about her because I was so fascinated after reading this novel and I want to find out even more.

What Gill Paul has written, is a novel based on the truth. Like all historical fiction, there are some true facts and some others are made up.
The story goes back and forth from the "becoming" of Wallis to the accident of Lady D. and the inconclusive (might I add) search of the truth. The author has great knowledge about every historic period she writes, and this is an enormous bonus in her books.

The book was well written and intriguing. I am a big fan of historical fiction books because I always learn something new. I am very looking forward to read Paul's new novel coming out in October!

Ciao Ciao  ♥

V.