After 26+ years of Being a Boeing man I converted latterly to the Airbus. And have to say I found the manuals a joy, especially on an iPad with hyperlinks etc. Yes they are a bit tech lite, and they do give the impression of being translated directly from French in to Franglais, however, I found them intuitive and quite easy to use. Parts of the MEL would appear to have been written by an engineering graduate from the Sorbonne (and they in all likelihood have) and show a definite bias towards French mathematics ( fuel system indication problems being a prime example) however on balance I’d say the AIB ones have the edge.
It’s also part of an overall industry drift towards dumbing down what we are told in the tech manuals…just enough to get the job done. Airbus are not unique in this. When I did the ‘Classic’ course aeons ago, the Vol 4 Tech was voluminous and the course 8 weeks long. Complete overkill.