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Chargement... Speaking in Tongues (2000)par Jeffery Deaver
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Fast paced; leaves you no time to observe the plot holes and character inconsistencies, just go with the flow and be entertained. ( ) From the same author as Lost in Translation and done in the same format, this is a lovely collection of idioms from around the world, each one illustrated, with an explanation of the idiom's meaning. Some translate pretty straight-forwardly, like the Portuguese To feed a donkey sponge cake, or my personal favourite (one I use but didn't know the origins of), the Polish not my circus, not my monkeys. Some require a bit more explanation, like the Persian/Farsi I will eat your liver, which actually is used as a term of endearment and an expression of deep love. My only complaint is the same one I had with Lost in Translation: the lack of a phonetic guide to pronunciation. It's less important here, as most of these are full phrases, but for languages that don't use the Roman alphabet, either a pronunciation or at least a transliteration would really round out the collection's usefulness. For a book that's only 333 pages, it sure is packed with edge of your seat suspense, and twists. It is nice to read a book that keeps you guessing. The only flaw I can find with the book is the lack of personality in the characters, mainly the main characters. They just felt... cookie cutter. (Pissed off teenager, out of touch parents, blah, blah , blah. The story was well written enough to keep you interested despite that fact. I enjoy Deaver's smooth and flowing writing style. I guess I have one more negative thing to say about it after all... The ending fails to tie up a thing or two. **SPOILER ALERT** (Does Josh survive? Is there any permanent damage? Do him and Megan get back together? What about Eckhard and Dr Hanson? Where they cleared and released? And Detective Konnie, how much trouble was he in? I could go on, but you get the idea.) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Two men of words... One seeking only peace. The other, violence. Tate Collier, once one of the country's finest trial lawyers, is trying to forget his past. Now a divorced gentleman farmer, land developer, and community advocate in rural Virginia, he's regrouping from some disastrous mistakes in the realms of love and the law. But controversy -- and danger -- seem to have an unerring hold on Tate. Even as he struggles to rebuild his life, his alter ego is plotting his demise. Aaron Matthews, a brilliant psychologist, has turned his talents away from curing patients to far deadlier goals. He's targeted Tate, Tate's ex-wife, Bett, and their estranged daughter, Megan, for unspeakable revenge. Matthews, ruthless and hell-bent, will destroy anything that inhibits his plans. When their daughter disappears, Tate and Bett reunite in a desperate, heart-pounding attempt to find her and to stop Matthews, a psychopath whose gift of a glib tongue and talent for coercion are as dangerous as knives and guns. Featuring an urgent race against the clock, gripping details of psychological manipulation, and the brilliant twists and turns that are trademark Deaver, Speaking in Tongues delivers the suspense punch that has made this author a bestseller. It will leave you speechless. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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