White Lie Jeanne D'Aout 9782953939613 Books
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*** This is an old, secondhand 2011 edition *** The new edition is titled "White Lie, the quest for the forbidden relic" and has been published in 2015 (3rd edition). Make sure you purchase the latest edition.
White Lie Jeanne D'Aout 9782953939613 Books
A real thriller, which was thrilling, not dragging, interesting ideas, a real page turner, which surprised me, as this book wasn't heavy promoted or well known. Read like J.Rollins, quick action, etc. Shorter sentences, like in Rollins, give sense of immediacy.Characters were not too well developed, but this is how it goes in this genre, most focus is on action. But the character of Otto Rahn was quite richly drawn, had depth and was really rich, as a tormented soul with bad past. There were some historical inancuracies, for ex. that church hunted down and killed scientists. Luckily it was not so, two scientists were suffering persecution, Giordano Bruno was burned on stake (for heresy, not for science), Galileo Galilei was in a house arrest. Bad enough, yet there was not a hunt for the scientists. But little problems with acuracies didn't bother me. Actually this read was more pleasurable to me than the Da Vinci Code, which stated that so much was true, and oh, don't forget "impecable research", and then you roll your eyes most of the time at innacuracies when you read it.
I didn't have such distraction here, in general a smooth read. Even got up during the night, couldn't fall asleep after reading this book to read more until 3 in the morning, great fun with this thriller! Such low price for this thriller, over 300 pages, it is a real deal, a very generous length for such low price.
Some sentences were a little bit odd, yes, mostly at the beginning, but the author is not native speaker of English, and I found it truly remarkable and even inspiring that she wrote something so nice, in such a difficult genre.
There is quite a number of not too well written thrillers by authors whose mother's tongue is English, so, I am not really complaining about this book, rather admiring. For ex. translation of The Last Cato: A Novel wasn't really great, but read was fine, The Celestine Prophecy: An Adventure was not great writing, but became a bestseller. White Lie maybe would need editing, but in general is quite an accomplishment. Enjoyed it more than The Expected One (Magdalene Line), or SOLOMON'S KEY THE CODIS PROJECT: A CONSPIRACY THRILLER, White Lie was more enjoyable, better crafted as a thriller, and even the Da Vinci Code isn't great literature, no need to go into details, actually I enjoyed White Lie, is somehow more authentic, but this is a matter of taste.
I hope for more from this author, (maybe more carefully edited), for sure she has a gift for story telling, knows how to use- but not overuse- the cliff hangers in her story, and has very interesting ideas. Thriller is not an easy genre to write, and this is a chase thriller, well done, chapeau bas!
And for this price, for over 300 pages, this is a very generous offer, it is a good deal.
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White Lie Jeanne D'Aout 9782953939613 Books Reviews
The portrayal of Jesus was very similar to a cult leader. I felt he was depicted as a very controlling person who had the right to manipulate women and use them as well as to dictate what clothes they wore. He also decided when others in the community could speak or be silent and he dictated their food intake. This portrayal was very close to domineering cult leadership and I found it distasteful.
English must have been the author's second language, as some syntax, preposition usage and expressions are very odd sounding. Interesting ideas, but characters are poorly developed, plot is improbable and jumps around. Writing flows best when the author is talking about her research into the myths/legends around Jesus, Mary Magdalen and the Knights Templar.
The information is fairly good, but vague often times. The writing style is bearable, but certainly not of a good quality. Character development is poor, descriptors are vapid and similar names make the theme a bit difficult to follow.
It may have a great story line, but I tripped over every 10th sentence. Had to continually re-write it in my head to get any flow at all. Finally gave up. Prose is important. So is sentence structure. Maybe try a good editor?
It seems to be a translation--needed a little more work but the story line and info is terrific.
Loved it all, she is an amazing researcher of hidden in plain sight facts about the life of Jesus of Nazareth.
While researching the web for information on the controversial German author and Grail hunter, Otto Rahn, I found a mention of Jeanne D'Aout's 2011 novel, White Lie, which included Rahn as one of its featured characters. I also learned that that the author was a resident of the Languedoc in southern France, now famous internationally for its long-buried Cathar heritage, an unveiling rightly attributed to the writings and explorations of Rahn despite his purported affiliation with Heinrich Himmler and the Nazi SS. I'd spent three enthralling weeks following Rahn's footsteps through that region in August 2010 and thus wondered how a Langedocian might portray, even if in fiction, the man revered by his fans as "the real Indiana Jones" and reviled by his detractors as "vrai Nazi et faux Cathar" (true Nazi and phony Cathar).
After reading the novel's description and watching the trailer, I ordered it from , more curious than convinced that I would learn anything new; poorly executed knock-offs of Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code are twenty dollars a dozen these days. Prepared to be disappointed and put off by the superlatives in its cover claim (DISCOVER THE BIGGEST SECRET OF THE WESTERN WORLD...), I pushed my way past the breathless opening pace, the too-obvious time machine device, and the rapidly switching date/location subheadings into the story proper. Suffice it say that I got caught up in the flow and had a hard time putting the book down until its final page.
Combining some science fiction technique (time travel) with an intimate knowledge of the region and her subjects, Jeanne weaves a fascinating tale of intrigue that includes most of the key mysteries of Western Christian history from the characterization of Jesus himself to the interaction between Pope Pius XII and the Nazis during World War II. Once the reader is on the ride, he gets more comfortable with the necessary switches in time and place, although they call for some additional attention to survive such intense--and intentional, I think--gyration.
As someone who has done extensive research on Christian origins (my own novel, The Anathemas A Novel about Reincarnation and Restitution is available on ), on Otto Rahn and Nazi occultism, and on the Cathars and Templars in the 13th and 14th centuries, I can vouch for the depth and accuracy of Jeanne's research into her subject matter; at the same time, as a novelist, I acknowledge that she never allows the necessary introduction of facts and theory to interfere with the flow of the thriller, that damn good story that a reader can't resist.
A real thriller, which was thrilling, not dragging, interesting ideas, a real page turner, which surprised me, as this book wasn't heavy promoted or well known. Read like J.Rollins, quick action, etc. Shorter sentences, like in Rollins, give sense of immediacy.
Characters were not too well developed, but this is how it goes in this genre, most focus is on action. But the character of Otto Rahn was quite richly drawn, had depth and was really rich, as a tormented soul with bad past. There were some historical inancuracies, for ex. that church hunted down and killed scientists. Luckily it was not so, two scientists were suffering persecution, Giordano Bruno was burned on stake (for heresy, not for science), Galileo Galilei was in a house arrest. Bad enough, yet there was not a hunt for the scientists. But little problems with acuracies didn't bother me. Actually this read was more pleasurable to me than the Da Vinci Code, which stated that so much was true, and oh, don't forget "impecable research", and then you roll your eyes most of the time at innacuracies when you read it.
I didn't have such distraction here, in general a smooth read. Even got up during the night, couldn't fall asleep after reading this book to read more until 3 in the morning, great fun with this thriller! Such low price for this thriller, over 300 pages, it is a real deal, a very generous length for such low price.
Some sentences were a little bit odd, yes, mostly at the beginning, but the author is not native speaker of English, and I found it truly remarkable and even inspiring that she wrote something so nice, in such a difficult genre.
There is quite a number of not too well written thrillers by authors whose mother's tongue is English, so, I am not really complaining about this book, rather admiring. For ex. translation of The Last Cato A Novel wasn't really great, but read was fine, The Celestine Prophecy An Adventure was not great writing, but became a bestseller. White Lie maybe would need editing, but in general is quite an accomplishment. Enjoyed it more than The Expected One (Magdalene Line), or SOLOMON'S KEY THE CODIS PROJECT A CONSPIRACY THRILLER, White Lie was more enjoyable, better crafted as a thriller, and even the Da Vinci Code isn't great literature, no need to go into details, actually I enjoyed White Lie, is somehow more authentic, but this is a matter of taste.
I hope for more from this author, (maybe more carefully edited), for sure she has a gift for story telling, knows how to use- but not overuse- the cliff hangers in her story, and has very interesting ideas. Thriller is not an easy genre to write, and this is a chase thriller, well done, chapeau bas!
And for this price, for over 300 pages, this is a very generous offer, it is a good deal.
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