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3.52 AVERAGE
3.52 AVERAGE
An unreliable narrator? Yes, please! A narrator blithely unaware of his own flaws? Sure. An selfish, sexist, idiot telling a story he doesn't understand? Eh, maybe not for me. No fault of French, who is aces as usual.
i was fully prepared to be underwhelmed by the climax of this book once my own pet theory got scuppered about halfway through and the mystery turned out to be not all that much of a mystery, but yet again tana french called me a moron and a fool and spent the last 100 pages repeatedly hitting me with a shovel
mysterious
slow-paced
I will always read Tana French. I will always have five star expectations. The Witch Elm is a departure from her police procedurals, looking at crime from the other side with an unreliable narrator. Unreliable everyone, frankly. I thought it took a bit too long to get to the meat of the story, but as usual it was a true whodunnit straight through to the end, with deeply explored, flawed characters.
3,5 🌠
I really, really enjoyed the build up , tone and and voice of this book, but felt like the end was dragging a bit. Paul Nugent is an amazing narrator.
I really, really enjoyed the build up , tone and and voice of this book, but felt like the end was dragging a bit. Paul Nugent is an amazing narrator.
3.5 I'm still trying to decide if I round up or down. Full review tomorrow.
Messed me up - 3.5*
I've been reading this book for around about three months. Supposedly, this book was criticised heavily when released and I understand why. I thought this would be my first Tana French book to read (as a standalone) before reading her highly reviewed The Dublin Murder Squad series and honestly, I hope that's better. I just won't be reading it any time soon.
Okay, this book is weird. Like I don't really like Toby enough and I agree with a lot of reviews: he is shallow and unlikable. The story is soooooo slow and takes ages to start off. It really does.
The only reason I've rated it so highly because it's so messed up but that's why it's not too high. I do feel like I've been on a weird Irish psychedelic trip.
I wouldn't recommend this but yeah it's been an experience.
I've been reading this book for around about three months. Supposedly, this book was criticised heavily when released and I understand why. I thought this would be my first Tana French book to read (as a standalone) before reading her highly reviewed The Dublin Murder Squad series and honestly, I hope that's better. I just won't be reading it any time soon.
Okay, this book is weird. Like I don't really like Toby enough and I agree with a lot of reviews: he is shallow and unlikable. The story is soooooo slow and takes ages to start off. It really does.
The only reason I've rated it so highly because it's so messed up but that's why it's not too high. I do feel like I've been on a weird Irish psychedelic trip.
I wouldn't recommend this but yeah it's been an experience.
Where to begin? I found this book reasonably engrossing for a while but it went on and on. And ON. I love reading long books but this one wasn't one of those. Although I think Tana French writes very well, this needed some severe editing. I also found that it seemed to flit around all the characters and give mixed signals so that I didn't become invested sufficiently in anyone. The last portion of the book pissed me off. The promise I felt at the beginning fizzled out completely and I ended up not only dissatisfied but kind of annoyed.