The Devil and the River

by R. J. Ellory | Mystery & Thrillers |
ISBN: 1409129691 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Krissa33 on 10/5/2014
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11 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by Krissa33 on Sunday, October 5, 2014
Gift from Roger J. Ellory for the BookCrossing, and dedicated by himself - thank you so much!

Journal Entry 2 by Krissa33 at Strasbourg, Alsace France on Monday, October 13, 2014

Released 9 yrs ago (10/13/2014 UTC) at Strasbourg, Alsace France

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Have a nice trip!


Journal Entry 3 by wingPasseur-Xwing at Strasbourg, Alsace France on Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Just arrived, with an inventive bookmark.
Thanks a lot, Krissa33 !

Journal Entry 4 by wingPasseur-Xwing at Strasbourg, Alsace France on Sunday, December 14, 2014
Worth reading.

Journal Entry 5 by wingPasseur-Xwing at Bern, Bern / Berne Switzerland on Friday, December 26, 2014

Released 9 yrs ago (12/28/2014 UTC) at Bern, Bern / Berne Switzerland

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The next reader gets it from hand to hand.

Journal Entry 6 by wingYdam21wing at Lausanne, Vaud Switzerland on Sunday, December 28, 2014
Reçu au meet-up de Bern.
"An awesome achievement" says The Guardian
Looking forward to reading it.

Journal Entry 7 by wingYdam21wing at Lausanne, Vaud Switzerland on Thursday, March 12, 2015
Un très bon thriller.
Ellory prend le temps de placer chaque situation, chaque personnage. Cela étant fait, il ne ménage pas son lecteur, le laissant osciller entre bien et mal en permanence...
L'intrigue est particulièrement bien menée, les personnages complexes et le dénouement inattendu.

Journal Entry 8 by Meg615 at Liège, Liège / Luik Belgium on Wednesday, April 15, 2015
merci Ydam21 pour l´envoi de cet exemplaire :-)

Journal Entry 9 by Meg615 at Liège, Liège / Luik Belgium on Saturday, October 3, 2015
un bon thriller , merci pour la découverte Krissa

Journal Entry 10 by Meg615 at to next participant, a ring/ray -- Controlled Releases on Sunday, October 11, 2015

Released 8 yrs ago (10/12/2015 UTC) at to next participant, a ring/ray -- Controlled Releases

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en route vers Kundri, bonne lecture :-)

Le livre se trouvant entre vos mains est un livre voyageur! Ce serait gentil d'inscrire une note pour me dire où vous l'avez trouvé puis après sa lecture (et une opinion ou pas!), de lui rendre sa liberté.
Dans tous les cas, bienvenue au monde du Bookcrossing !

Journal Entry 11 by Kundri at Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse, Ile-de-France France on Sunday, October 18, 2015
Et bien ce ne sera pas ce mois-ci que j'aurai du temps libre pour préparer de la confiture de poire: c'est le troisième Ring que je reçois! La règle selon laquelle tous les Rings arrivent en même temps, indépendamment du moment où l'on s'inscrit, est encore une fois respectée. Mais le livre ne devrait tout de même pas trop tarder à repartir de chez moi, car le premier des Rings est terminé, le second sur le point d'être débuté, et celui-ci sera lu dans la foulée.

Merci à Krissa pour ce Ring dédicacé, et à Meg pour l'envoi. Le marque-page inventif de Krissa accompagne toujours le livre!

Je profite enfin de cette JE pour ajouter un lien vers le fil du forum précisant la liste des participants.

Journal Entry 12 by Kundri at Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse, Ile-de-France France on Tuesday, November 17, 2015
J'ai un avis partagé sur ce polar.

D'un côté j'ai aimé l'intrigue, son originalité, et la peinture psychologique des personnages.

Mais de l'autre, je n'ai pas été happée par le suspense et me suis presque ennuyée par moments. Difficile de dire pourquoi... Peut-être à cause des apartés sur le Vietnam qui ne m'ont pas passionnées, peut-être à cause des nombreuses redites sur le cheminement du raisonnement de Gaines. Dans la réalité j'imagine bien que les enquêteurs doivent se poser les mêmes questions encore et encore, mais personnellement je préfère être épargnée dans un roman ;o) Cela m'a vaguement donné l'impression que Gaines était lent à la comprenette (et non l'impression d'une profondeur psychologique, allez savoir pourquoi), et aussi, qu'on me prenait un peu pour une idiote.

Bref, contente d'avoir lu ce polar qui mérite d'être découvert, mais pas sûre d'enchaîner avec d'autres polars du même auteur.

Mais une chose est sûre: que ce soit au vu des meurtres de ce livre ou au vu des horribles événements de vendredi dernier, le mot d'ordre à ne pas oublier est: carpe diem, on ne sait pas de quoi demain sera fait, alors goûtons au bonheur du moment présent et relativisons nos petits soucis...

Journal Entry 13 by Kundri at By mail, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Released 8 yrs ago (12/1/2015 UTC) at By mail, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases

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Le livre a été posté à Neige78 ce matin. Bonne lecture!

Comme je l'évoquais dans ma note de lecture ci-dessus, en lisant ce livre s'est produit une étrange réverbération entre l'irruption de l'horreur dans cette petite ville des US, et l'irruption de l'horreur dans nos vie lors des attaques du 13 novembre à Paris. Pourtant, les évênements n'ont rien à voir, mais certaines réactions sont similaires: incompréhension, sidération, bouleversement de nos vies...

Journal Entry 14 by wingneige78wing at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Ile-de-France France on Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Bien reçu. Merci !

Journal Entry 15 by wingneige78wing at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Ile-de-France France on Friday, February 12, 2016
I'm not very used to reading english but I got through it and it was a very interesting experience ! Thank you very much !

Journal Entry 16 by wingneige78wing at Nyon, Vaud Switzerland on Friday, February 12, 2016

Released 8 yrs ago (2/12/2016 UTC) at Nyon, Vaud Switzerland

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Il part aujourd'hui chez Menelwe avec la bâtarde d'Istanbul. Bonne lecture à toi, Menelwe!!!

Journal Entry 17 by Menelwe at Nyon, Vaud Switzerland on Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Argh un Ring que je ne m'attendais pas à recevoir! Je suis super contente, mais un peu effrayée aussi, il est plutôt épais et écrit vraiment tout petit...et je n'ai pas trop l'habitude de lire des romans en anglais! Merci Neige pour l'envoi et Krissa pour le partage!

Journal Entry 18 by Menelwe at Nyon, Vaud Switzerland on Sunday, August 14, 2016
Un thriller que j'ai beaucoup aimé, avec une intrigue bien menée et des personnages attachants. Et la lecture en anglais s'est révélée beaucoup moins compliquée que je ne le craignais.

Journal Entry 19 by Menelwe at back home, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Saturday, August 20, 2016

Released 7 yrs ago (8/20/2016 UTC) at back home, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases

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Rentre chez Krissa! Merci pour le partage!

Journal Entry 20 by Krissa33 at Bordeaux, Aquitaine France on Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Back home again, thank you everybody!

The devil will travel again soon!

Journal Entry 21 by Krissa33 at Cardiff, Wales United Kingdom on Sunday, November 27, 2016

Released 7 yrs ago (11/28/2016 UTC) at Cardiff, Wales United Kingdom

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Hello,

thank you for your help last year in Oxford!

Happy reading !

"Lire, c'est boire et manger. L'esprit qui ne lit pas maigrit comme le corps qui ne mange pas."
Victor Hugo

"Une lecture amusante est aussi utile à la santé que l’exercice du corps."
Emmanuel Kant

"When I get a little money I buy books. If any is left, then I buy food and clothes."
Erasmus





Journal Entry 22 by wingCassiopaeiawing at Cardiff, Wales United Kingdom on Saturday, December 3, 2016
Thank you so much Krissa33 for sending me this book by one of my favourite authors. I have read all his earlier work but he keeps adding to the list! Really looking forward to reading this one. Also wonderful to receive such a well read and well travelled book, thank you again.

Journal Entry 23 by wingCassiopaeiawing at Cardiff, Wales United Kingdom on Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Ellory is not your average or even above average thriller writer, if you are looking for a quick 'whodunit' cross him off your list, he is so much more than that! His books are detailed and excellently researched, I'm always amazed that he is actually British but writes so well in the America idiom, he never seems to put a foot wrong. His writing is beautiful, nuanced and detailed and yet his stories are well grounded in reality. My only complaint is with the publishers, the font is so small, it really challenged my eyesight, especially late at night! Thanks Krissa, for this lovely surprise.

Journal Entry 24 by wingCassiopaeiawing at Knights Templar Pub in City of London, Greater London United Kingdom on Thursday, February 1, 2018

Released 6 yrs ago (2/3/2018 UTC) at Knights Templar Pub in City of London, Greater London United Kingdom

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Happy reading.


Journal Entry 25 by wingPoodlesisterwing at Walthamstow, Greater London United Kingdom on Saturday, February 3, 2018
I couldn't resist!

Journal Entry 26 by wingPoodlesisterwing at Walthamstow, Greater London United Kingdom on Saturday, May 1, 2021
I enjoyed this a lot. Not just a great thriller but a dense and complex exploration of the effects of war on combatants.

Released 2 yrs ago (5/5/2021 UTC) at -- By Post or by Hand--, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom

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Going to dolph1n with some other books.

Join UK Bookcrossers at the Newcastle Unconvention from 1st-3rd October 2021

Journal Entry 28 by dolph1n at Chester, Cheshire United Kingdom on Monday, May 10, 2021
Thank you for this book.

Journal Entry 29 by dolph1n at Chester, Cheshire United Kingdom on Thursday, June 10, 2021
A great thriller.
Rich family, murders, voodoo, war memories. It has all this.

Journal Entry 30 by dolph1n at Chester, Cheshire United Kingdom on Sunday, July 11, 2021

Released 2 yrs ago (7/12/2021 UTC) at Chester, Cheshire United Kingdom

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Released into a bookbox.

Journal Entry 31 by wingrahar109wing at Ash Vale, Surrey United Kingdom on Monday, August 16, 2021
Taken from the Crime/Mystery bookbox.

Journal Entry 32 by wingrahar109wing at Ash Vale, Surrey United Kingdom on Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Gripping, well plotted book with murder, vodoo, racism, effects of war all mixed in, plus a surprise ending I didn't see coming.

Journal Entry 33 by wingrahar109wing at Allsop Arms Pub in City of Westminster, Greater London United Kingdom on Saturday, November 4, 2023

Released 4 mos ago (11/6/2023 UTC) at Allsop Arms Pub in City of Westminster, Greater London United Kingdom

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Being taken to the lunchtime meet-up.

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