After the lecture "Forest of Shadows" is the second time that Franck Thilliez lends itself to the game of camera with me as much less successful ... Of course, the scenario is flawless, bouncing rebound, growth control, but it's the least we could expect from Franck Thilliez, used the genre and which is the 10th novel.
So where does my frustration? I did not just feel for reading the Thilliez, seasoned writer who fascinates me, impress me, moves me, captivates me, cultivates me, surprises me, amuses me (rarely) for so many years, with "Vertigo" this author - I love you'll understand me most annoyed ... The characters are very traditional (the nice almost perfect hero who hides a dark secret, the unknown UNPREDICTABLE, the second knife vaguely useful), no surprise, as the plot which I untied middle story to the wire (with a first Thilliez). The story unfolds as it should unfold, the twists are where they should be and emotions sequences are not far from the grotesque (Pok, the thing in the ice) ...
The strings are so rude that I feel Thilliez wrote this story there very long, at the time when he was looking for a style. We are far from the erudition of "Syndrome E", the emotion of "Train to Hell ...", the rhythm of "Mourning honey" or the anguish of "Forest of Shadows". ..
This is still a good story, entertaining, but very far from the passion that I have to read thrillers Franck Thilliez ...
