Andrew Spink reviewed Het laatste kind by Besson Philippe
It is difficult to know what to make of this book.
3 étoiles
It is difficult to know what to make of this book. The main character, the mother, is a rather unsympathetic person. On the one hand, that can be a bit irritating, on the other hand, it can be amusing. I'm not sure what the author intended. The writer also had some strange stylistic tricks. Quite often he writes and sentence and then repeats it, but not quite the same. I am not quite sure what effect he was aiming for. What he also does, but in this case I think rather effectively, is analysing the actions and dialogue of the characters as he goes along. This made the dialogues much more interesting and added an extra dimension. Just a few plain words can then take on a whole new meaning. The book is easy to read and, seeing it is short, you are through it in no time. Actually very …
It is difficult to know what to make of this book. The main character, the mother, is a rather unsympathetic person. On the one hand, that can be a bit irritating, on the other hand, it can be amusing. I'm not sure what the author intended. The writer also had some strange stylistic tricks. Quite often he writes and sentence and then repeats it, but not quite the same. I am not quite sure what effect he was aiming for. What he also does, but in this case I think rather effectively, is analysing the actions and dialogue of the characters as he goes along. This made the dialogues much more interesting and added an extra dimension. Just a few plain words can then take on a whole new meaning. The book is easy to read and, seeing it is short, you are through it in no time. Actually very little happens when it comes down to it and that is also part of its charm, that it focusses on the drama of normal everyday (or at least normal) events.