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The Witch Elm

Tana French

Start date: April 1, 2019

Finish date: April 30, 2019

Discussion: 2019 Monthly Challenge

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Mar 22, 2019 Krissy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, pgs-500-599, cover-color-white

Reluctant 4 stars. This author is extremely long winded. She has a habit of giving you a tiny spurt of excitement and then follows that up with HOURS and HOURS of inner monologuing and inconsequential ramblings. So this book had great characters and a good plot with a satisfactory ending but damn, it took what felt like a thousand hours to finish.

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Oct 18, 2018 Amy Ellis rated it it was ok

This murder mystery/family drama was overwhelming with too many words and not enough action. I felt like it took 300 pages to get slightly interesting. The main character wasn’t likable, and it just felt like it was missing something.

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Jun 07, 2019 Emily rated it liked it

3.5 stars. Audiobook version. Great narrator.

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Oct 30, 2018 Nikki rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction, mysteries, books-set-in-ireland

I have enjoyed French's Dublin Murder Squad books so much that I expected to like this one as well. Sadly, I didn't, although I recognize the artistry with which it was written (hence the four stars). The narrator and main character is somewhat difficult to like even though he is presented sympathetically at first. I did enjoy the setting and dialogue (although perhaps not as much as in the previous books, which were set among a lower social class with more colorful language patterns). The endin ...more

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