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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
3.5
took me a WHILE to really get into it but once everything started falling into place i read for nearly 4 hours straight
took me a WHILE to really get into it but once everything started falling into place i read for nearly 4 hours straight
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
Tana French is a master of suspense. She weaves tension into every sentence, every word.
We start knowing Aislinn is dead. We don't know how she died.
At every turn, it seems possible that everything to do with this case will go wrong. And, it does. We get a sense that there is a deeper more difficult story, but it is revealed only in glances and suggestions.
The lead detective, Antoinette, is angry and paranoid (not without reason). French builds up that paranoia building block after building block until I was there, too. It was impossible to know what was real and what was imagined, what was there and was not there, what was fact and what was obfuscation.
I love the way French captures all of the layers: the suspense, the paranoia, the language, the interactions, a female detective navigating a male world, allies and enemies.
We start knowing Aislinn is dead. We don't know how she died.
At every turn, it seems possible that everything to do with this case will go wrong. And, it does. We get a sense that there is a deeper more difficult story, but it is revealed only in glances and suggestions.
The lead detective, Antoinette, is angry and paranoid (not without reason). French builds up that paranoia building block after building block until I was there, too. It was impossible to know what was real and what was imagined, what was there and was not there, what was fact and what was obfuscation.
I love the way French captures all of the layers: the suspense, the paranoia, the language, the interactions, a female detective navigating a male world, allies and enemies.
Excellent, excellent, excellent. This is a long, step-by-step, thought-by-thought police procedural. The narrator is the only female detective on the murder squad, and she has worried herself into being unable to trust anyone. Thoroughly satisfying ending, even though I saw a few things coming.
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Hmm, I am midway between a 3.5 and 4 stars for this one. I liked how , but Antoinette's