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Summary: Good Book, Good Time, Good Read...
Review: Read this book for a good relaxing romp through the French countryside. It's a good time
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Summary: Brainless Beach Material
Review: Though, that is not to say I did not enjoy it. Sometimes one simply needs to rest the brain, and this is a good book to do it with. Writing style is just "ok", and the story predictable, but it's a light book to read in a day, by the pool or on the beach.
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Summary: An action thriller straight out of Gault-Millau
Review: As far as detective stories go, Nancy Drew is still way ahead in the game. The descriptive mix of travel and culinary delights, set against a backdrop of the lifestyle of the rich and famous, makes readers forget at times the real objective of the novel, which was to track down the Cézanne. In the end, there is still one question lurking: what is everyone having for lunch to celebrate? Good, light fun, but Mr. Mayle has done much better.
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Summary: Light...Too Light
Review: Bears hints of the Mayle style, but fails to deliver - in character development, plot, and charm. A light, fun read, but pales in comparison to Mayle's other books. Sorry, but any reviewer who rated this book highly either is not familiar with other Mayle options, or took the book far too seriously.
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Summary: Best modern mystery I've ever read.
Review: I enjoyed the author's command of the scenes of France, particularly Provence, and Manhattan. There was also a comfortable balance between romance, mystery, and adventure.The four heroes were engaging and intelligent. They were people I would like to have as friends. The villains were really evil, except for the bad luck hit man who provided what little comic relief there was to this story. Finally, I enjoyed the way the author brought together many threads into one satisfying denouement. Overall, simply an educated read in which good triumphed and you met likeable characters.
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Summary: Disappointing after earlier books
Review: This did not measure up to Mayle's earlier novels. The chase & the locale were interesting, but Andre in particular was not a great character. It was fairly predictable and not as well written as some of Mayle's earlier adventures.
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Summary: I Adored this Book!!!!!
Review: Camilla is a posh British editor of the american Mag DQ. Andre is usally her favorite photographer,But something happens that he gets to involved in something someone she knows is carrying out...It is a novel about love, life, and everything in between. This is probably one of the most fun books I have read in a long time. The thing that adds the most to it is that I was on the French Riveira at the time I had read it. I stayed at La Reserve in Beaulieu, I had lunch at a friends house in Cap Ferrat. It was just so more real reading it in the process of being in all the places Andre was going, St. Paul in Vence, Nice, Cap Ferrat.. it was heavenly!! One of the main things Peter Mayle focuses on is the relaxed life in The south of france, and if you are not into that kind of lifestyle, then there is no way you will enjoy this book.
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Summary: What a disappointment!
Review: Having enjoyed Mayle's previous books so immensely, I was thrilled to pick this up at a bookstore last year. What a disappointment to find it so lacking in the warmth and spontanaity of his others. I found little to care about the characters drawn here and kept hoping the next chapter would be an improvement. Even the descriptions of food and eating weren't as fascinating as A Year in Provence. Oh, well, thank you anyway, Mr. Mayle for your other books. No one can be perfect all the time!
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Summary: A good summer read for the shallow end of the pool.
Review: Having read other works by Mayle, one gets the sense when reading Chasing Cezanne that he simply goes in his filing cabinet of places, people and things - all used before - and simply arranges them in a different order to come up with a story. Having said that, it is nice to lose oneself in a book so rich in details of luxury and experience, even if it means being left confused at times as to what is really going on in the story.
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Summary: Ugh.
Review: Dismal. I have viewed better plot development and characterization in a Visa television commercial. And television must have been on Peter Mayles mind when he typed this disaster. This reads as a proposal for a mini-series. Flat, wooden characters. Hackneyed plot. Improbable coincidences. Wacky villains. Comical mayhem. No cliche' left unturned. Inane. "After finishing the last page of 'Chasing Cezanne', Richard reached for his glass of Vieux Telegraphe 1982. Swirling the still inky, purple wine while sniffing hints of cassis, lavander,and indeed, of the Rhone Valley itself, he drank deeply, hoping to wipe the awful taste of this most unpalatable novel from his memory". Take that Peter Mayle.
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