L'Enigme de Givreuse by J.H. Rosny Aîné
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
An interesting book for anyone who liked La Brigade Chimerique, by Serge Lehman. The build-up is good, gripping, using a language which is efficient and visual at the same time - a balance that Rosny has always struggled to reach. But Rosny loses himself in the love story which was the rule of the genre at the time. The core of the book is weak, predictable, in short, ruined. The hasty scientific justification, falling right at the end, is therefore not developped and of no use for the plot. This is far from his best books, Quest for Fire, The Xipehus, La Mort de la terre or Hareton Ironcastle.
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