I have wanted to put three and a half star ... "The House of the Dead" is a well trhiller taking provocative wishes to cardiac accélarations sweats and worthy of the name. However, I was a little disappointed by the chain, a little too fast for my taste, events. I prefer when the outstanding stretches and leaves us time to échaffauder our own little theories. I was also annoyed by the style a bit too metaphoric of the author. The bombastic phrases, the pseudo poetry, it goes 5 minutes. That aside, I have taken the bait Thilliez, and I have already started reading "Honey Mourning". To be continued ...
