A la vie à la mort

by Micheline Marchand

A la vie à la un roman d'amitié et d'aventures sur fond historique. Deux destins se croisent en plein milieu d'un des conflits les plus meurtriers qu'ait connu le sol la guerre de 1812. Dans la péninsule du Niagara, la jeune Françoise Chevalier doit sauver sa mère accusée de trahison. Daniel Falla, un soldat britannique encore adolescent, vient lui prêter main-forte. Ce duo improvisé réussira-t-il sa mission? Les deux jeunes aventuriers survivront-ils aux périls de la guerre? Une histoire à rebondissements multiples marqués par de terribles violences et de tendres amitiés.

159 pages, Paperback

Published October 18, 2006

Reviews

[ASleepDeprivedTurtle · Rating 2 out of 5]

Out of all the French books I’ve had to read, I would say that this one is pretty bad. Don’t get me wrong it’s not terrible, and it is easy to understand, the timeline is just a bit confusing and the ending is pretty bad. Like a lot of the other French books I’ve read there is lots of lead up, and then the story just kind of ends in a mediocre way. That being said, the level of language is good for beginners and the author did a pretty good job of incorporating some historical information. Also I didn’t mind some of the characters, it was more so the main plot and characters that I didn’t love quite so much.

Overall probably 2-2.5 stars. The book is good for beginners and if you have to read a French book, this one won’t put you to sleep. That being said, if there were tons of good french books out there, I probably wouldn’t choose to read this one. However there really isn’t that many good french books out there, and the ones that are good use more complex language, so it is really just a matter of if you need to read a true French book or not, or whether you can just read a book that has been translated.

Aussi si le français est votre première langue je ne suggère pas que vous lisiez ce livre, lisiez quelque chose avec la language plus compliqué et un meilleur histoire.

[Julia · Rating 2 out of 5]

I (obviously) had to read this for school, what else is there to say LOL. it wasn't bad though.

[Ilan A-R · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un assez bon roman historique. J'ai trouvé la fin forte, mais l'intrigue m'a semblé précipitée et certains événements m'ont semblé assez... contrôlés ou manipulés pour correspondre à la narration souhaitée. J'ai trouvé que le fait que le lieutenant ait réussi à écrire une lettre malgré son état n'était pas très plausible et ne semblait pas naturel.

Je pense également qu'il aurait fallu mieux cerner le personnage de Daniel, ses motivations et ses pensées internes. Cela aurait rendu sa mort d'autant plus forte et émotionnelle.

Dans l'ensemble, l'histoire présente des perspectives et des réflexions très intéressantes.
J'ai particulièrement aimé le personnage de Pierpoint, et son point de vue ainsi que les questions sociales que l'auteur est capable de mettre en lumière à travers ce personnage sont très importants.

[userrrr!1234 33 · Rating 1 out of 5]

i was forced to read this book in school, and dont even get me started this is the WORST book i have ever read in my entire life. The timeline, the story, the characters, the plot, the french.
the french wasn't even frenching, it didnt make any sense at all
i do NOT recommend this book for anyone to read.
thats what ur grndma would read (old people in general).
if i could give it 0 stars i would.
it was torture.
failed my french class cuz of this book.
praying on micheline marchand downfall, stay away from all her books!!!!!!
they just published this book to meet the french quota.
the book is so bad to the point where i cant even find it online, i even asked my librarian for this book and they said they have never heared of it
overall the book is terrible, horrible.

[Reader · Rating 1 out of 5]

I read this book for school. I very much disliked it. The friendships and relationships are not built up enough for me to feel emotion towards those characters. I wouldn’t read it if it wasn’t for school. It was only 150 small pages and I felt 10x longer