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Very hard to make this a short review, but I'll try. It was my first Tana French book.
I loved the language and found the story compelling. I like stories about self-deception with unreliable narrators, so I wasn't let down by this aspect of the book, unlike a lot of readers who seem to prefer her police procedurals.
For me, the book was a little irritating at the beginning since Toby was such a complacent asshole (even though he didn't know it!). Then, once he'd been beaten up and retreated to t ...more
I loved the language and found the story compelling. I like stories about self-deception with unreliable narrators, so I wasn't let down by this aspect of the book, unlike a lot of readers who seem to prefer her police procedurals.
For me, the book was a little irritating at the beginning since Toby was such a complacent asshole (even though he didn't know it!). Then, once he'd been beaten up and retreated to t ...more
Donna Tartt’s Secret Histories meets Patricia Highsmith. An atmospheric crime suspense psychological novel with a buried secret and twists and turns (piled on somewhat towards the end). The characters did come to life for me, especially the genial eccentric elderly uncle, and the brokenness of the main protagonist, his groping for an identity after trauma, was engaging to read. The Irish setting was nice and was the description of weather.
Given that it was a crime investigative secrets kind of b ...more
Given that it was a crime investigative secrets kind of b ...more
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