Alexa asked this question about The Secret Place:
This book has a pretty different structure than the rest of the series, incorporating actual flashbacks rather than having the whole thing come from the lead detective's point of view. What did you think of the different perspective? Why do you think French changed things up for this book?
Mitch Nelson Detective Moran's portion, to me, was strong since it fits the structure of the previous stories.
Those from the third-person point of view was at time…more
Detective Moran's portion, to me, was strong since it fits the structure of the previous stories.
Those from the third-person point of view was at times hard to follow. It almost seemed lie what she was going for was that ''Holly's Lot" was the "narrator" of that section. But what made the girls unique was made made the transitions between their point of view confusing. Yet, I accept it because at the end of the day it told me what I wanted to know.(less)
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