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The Trespasser

Tana French

3.98 AVERAGE

mcatsambas's review against another edition

3.0

I enjoy a police procedural, but the ending's psychological rationale was a bit of a stretch.

rcthomas's review against another edition

4.0

Started reading this, realized I was reading the series out of order and put it down to finish the other book. When I did, I couldn't put this one down. Read it in about two sittings. Always love the settings of these books and the mystery always draws me in without fail. This one in particular kept me guessing right until the end.

carryonkk's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

kermitology's review against another edition

4.0

The book starts off a bit slow and to me, a bit sloppy, but really picks up the pace as the story unfolds. I found myself second guessing myself as I tried to figure out what happened. This is a 3.75 in my mind, the thing that held it back for me was the regional dialect. I just had a hard time comprehending some of the Irish dialog. Other than that, the latter half of the book is completely gripping.

siobst's review against another edition

4.0

A little slow at times and one twist seemed unnecessary, but the brisk pace at the end made up for it. Loved the Irish accent of the narrator. And my favorite line: “well jumpin’ Jesus on a pogo stick” had me laughing out loud.

deservingporcupine's review against another edition

4.0

Conway is not easy to like, which sort of makes her likable. In some ways this was slow-paced, and interview heavy, but by the end enjoyable because I could barely believe what French was doing to her characters. For the most part this series can be read out of order, but I would definitely still keep this one last. It's was also a good pairing with The Secret Place.

denaiir's review against another edition

3.0

This is not my favorite Tana French book, maybe my least favorite? Maybe it's The Likeness, not sure. In The Trespasser, Detectives Antoinette Conway and Steve Moran have to investigate a murder that looks like a domestic violence case. They know something else is probably going on because of the way their fellow detectives act, but they have to fight hard to figure out what's actually going on.

The problem with this book is that, as usual with French, the main protagonist is unlikeable, but in that case she was annoying as hell and I just wanted to slap her in the face. And since the crime itself was not really interesting, this was a loooooooong book covering a boring act, and it wasn't engrossing at all.