The Slow Waltz of Turtles (2008)

by Katherine Pancol

Series: Trilogía animal (libro 2), Les yeux jaunes des crocodiles (tome 2)

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"In this mega-bestseller from France and the follow-up to The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles, a woman contends with divorce, family trouble, and even murder in her journey to discover who she really is. Fortysomething mother of two Josephine Cortes is at a crossroads. She has just moved to a posh new apartment in Paris after the success of the historical novel she ghostwrote for her sister, Iris. Still struggling with her divorce--the result of her husband running off to Kenya to start a crocodile farm with his mistress--she is now entangled too in a messy lie orchestrated by her sister. And just when things seem they can't get any more complicated, people start turning up dead in her neighborhood. As Josephine struggles to find her voice and her confidence amidst a messy web of relationships and a string of murders, she and those around her must learn to push on with determination, like headstrong little turtles learning to dance slowly in a world that's too violent and moving too fast"--… (more)

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archivomorero | Jun 25, 2022 |

This book is a page-turner. Loved the passing as the mystery. I started last Saturday and read like 60 pages, but enjoyed them very much, and all week I read another 100 pages. Today I finished it in one sitting. It has been a lot of time to finish a book in one sitting. Now I have to wait until the third book is translated into English. Hopefully, it will be soon.
The truth is that I can't say a lot about this book without spoiling it; you certainly need to read the first book before reading this one.
The truth is that I'm not too fond of Josephine's mother. She so means to her, how can a mother be so mean to her child.
The only thing that I didn't like is that there are many points of view. This time, there were points of view that were less shown in this book, and I wanted to find out what was going on in the third book.
I really like Katherine Pancol's writing, as well as the passing. (

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AvigailRGRIL | Nov 9, 2020 |

well... this one was much darker than The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles. there was still some charm and quirk, but this was a bit of an odd and violent story. as in the first, some things fall by the wayside and never feel resolved or finished. there is supposed to be a next book in this 'josephine' series, so maybe some storylines will surface again? (though loose threads from book #1 were not picked up in book #2, so i'm not holding out a huge amount of hope.) (

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JooniperD | Oct 26, 2017 |

2ème volet de la trilogie. Les genres se mélangent, ce qui me plaît habituellement, mais là, ça arrive un peu comme un cheveu sur la soupe des fois. L'écriture reste agréable à lire. J'attends de voir la suite... (

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LNL | Jan 2, 2014 |

interesting, writing more easy by time (

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DOCVEILLE | Apr 18, 2011 |

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The Slow Waltz of Turtles

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La valse lente des tortues

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"In this mega-bestseller from France and the follow-up to The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles, a woman contends with divorce, family trouble, and even murder in her journey to discover who she really is. Fortysomething mother of two Josephine Cortes is at a crossroads. She has just moved to a posh new apartment in Paris after the success of the historical novel she ghostwrote for her sister, Iris. Still struggling with her divorce--the result of her husband running off to Kenya to start a crocodile farm with his mistress--she is now entangled too in a messy lie orchestrated by her sister. And just when things seem they can't get any more complicated, people start turning up dead in her neighborhood. As Josephine struggles to find her voice and her confidence amidst a messy web of relationships and a string of murders, she and those around her must learn to push on with determination, like headstrong little turtles learning to dance slowly in a world that's too violent and moving too fast"--

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