Pamela answers “I have been seeing such negative ratings...”

A Goodreads user asked this question about The Witch Elm:

I have been seeing such negative ratings for Tana French's newest standalone The Witch Elm...I am really surprised. Waiting patiently for the release date so I can read this for myself, I feel it will be a great fall read, I hope I am not going to be disappointed?

Pamela I'm halfway through and it is just...wrong. Beautiful writing but boring. A whole bunch of those little cliffhangers when the protagonist says somethi…moreI'm halfway through and it is just...wrong. Beautiful writing but boring. A whole bunch of those little cliffhangers when the protagonist says something like, "Little did I know how soon it would all go horribly wrong."
And then nothing.

That is inaccurate. Much does transpire, but at such a depressed, self indulgent, muted pace that it feels like a big yawn. So what near death violence? So what having your whole life torn apart layer by droning onion layer?

After binging on Ricky Gervais and Karl Pilkington podcasts, which is also full of self-indulgent drivel in Brit accents, but howlingly funny, The Witch Elm does not entertain.
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