The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles by Katherine Pancol
I fell in love with the title of this book. The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles sounded fresh and intriguing. The blurbs spoke of comedy and trickery. Plus I'm always a sucker for a great cover. This foot the bill on all accounts.
Josephine and Iris are sisters. Josephine is the frumpy one with an unemployed husband who rarely attempts to look for work. Iris is a glamor girl, living a life of luxury with her wealthy and successful husband who is a lawyer. Jo studies the medieval life in the twelfth century, while Iris becomes easily bored with her fast paced twenty first century social circuit. When Iris lies to a well known publisher about a new book she's writing, she taps Jo to write her out of a jam.
The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles is full of crazy characters and twisting sub plots. For the first half of the book, the reader is kept engaged by this. After that the story flattens out and nothing anyone says or does seems very believable. I have to agree with several other reviews I've read, that alot was lost in translation. Funny in French isn't necessarily funny in English.
If you're looking for something light and easy, this book will fill the bill. But if you're looking for a book with depth and emotion, The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles is definitely not it.
I fell in love with the title of this book. The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles sounded fresh and intriguing. The blurbs spoke of comedy and trickery. Plus I'm always a sucker for a great cover. This foot the bill on all accounts.
Josephine and Iris are sisters. Josephine is the frumpy one with an unemployed husband who rarely attempts to look for work. Iris is a glamor girl, living a life of luxury with her wealthy and successful husband who is a lawyer. Jo studies the medieval life in the twelfth century, while Iris becomes easily bored with her fast paced twenty first century social circuit. When Iris lies to a well known publisher about a new book she's writing, she taps Jo to write her out of a jam. The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles is full of crazy characters and twisting sub plots. For the first half of the book, the reader is kept engaged by this. After that the story flattens out and nothing anyone says or does seems very believable. I have to agree with several other reviews I've read, that alot was lost in translation. Funny in French isn't necessarily funny in English.
If you're looking for something light and easy, this book will fill the bill. But if you're looking for a book with depth and emotion, The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles is definitely not it.
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