Title: Skip this book if you read French.
Product review: This over-long book is strong on atmosphere and weak--very weak--on writing and character development. Anyone who reads French will be amused (and annoyed) by the frequent errors, the result of authorial or editorial sloppiness ("pastiches" for "pastis," "comme" for "comment," and many, many others). Verb tenses are mangled, and incorrect accents are common ("créme" instead of "crème brulée, for example). Correcting the errors might be a good final examination for someone wishing to earn a degree in French! It's a sad commentary on the book's characters that the most endearing is the poodle puppy Petit Four.
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