Finally, a particularly stinging disappointment that this novel had at first many advantages on his side and he was starting very well. But once the decor planted on the island, despite beautiful descriptions of nature and the sea, the particularly well rendered marine work and a successful atmosphere, the plot is sinking slowly, especially that the author struggles to build strong, believable characters, a few too rare exceptions. Until the end, most will remain only a name on paper, the "main" secondary characters being only sketched outlines, the main character of Marko himself suffering from a credibility lack of thickness, so that his troubles as his romantic encounter with Marianne leave marble player - and not to mention the figure of totally unnecessary and transparent cop ... If Breton legends can be interesting, the supernatural adding quickly appears as a false good idea, as some scenes and descriptions border on the ridiculous, up to sink completely in a final almost laughable. The same applies to the parallel tracks of the Mafia makes it also the effect of a damp squib, a mere pretext to maintain tension in the story as it ends in ridiculous fashion. With action scenes that combine blunders and clumsy narrative devices, it is clear that Emmanuel Grand had better tighten its plot on the essentials - the island - rather than artificially superimposed several who eventually deflate themselves like balloons without avoiding the pitfall of ridicule. RATHER TO DISCOVER: Honestly, for those who like thrillers Scented to the strange atmosphere, fueled local legends and unexplained phenomena, I would strongly advise them strongly encouraged to read rather formidable Spanish Basque trilogy Dolores Redondo inaugurated by the invisible guardian, and the second part just published (and can be read independently): Flesh and bone. They thus discover the unique world, rich, fascinating, addictive and terribly disturbing to the new queen of the Spanish thriller, became No. 1 in sales in Spain and already published in 32 other countries, and whose discovery is a revelation!
