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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I really enjoyed the writing style of Tana French. I was able to both connect with and dislike the main character for who she was. French created a cast of complex characters, at least in the main focus, making this a fun read. Just enough breadcrumbs sprinkled throughout for true crime fans to pick up on some likely suspects without being 100% sure until the end. Throw in a twist in the final chapter and I was left pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this read.
I liked the mystery aspect of the book but I did not like Conway's character. She whined, pouted, and over thought everything. She was annoying and had nothing that was likable. If you can look past her character, the story is good to read.
I was provided a free ebook copy of this from Edelweiss and the publisher. Slow burn with this one, but satisfying.
Another excellent installment that really made me want to read them all again in in quick succession. I enjoy how the setting remains the same, but the main characters rotate.
Started a little slow, but the ending made up for the terrible "The Secret Place".
Another stellar work from Tana French. Great writing, an intricate plot that is unraveled with just the right pace, and characters that pop off the page are hallmarks of this author's work and this book had them all. One of my favorite authors who has always delivered.
Tana French writes great murder mysteries - dark as hell and pretty unpredictable. READ THEM.
The Trespasser is a hard book to review.
I'm a huge fan of Tana French and this is the end of my binge. I don't know what I'm going to do with myself now that I've completed all her current works! Even her worst books are still fantastic.
In my mind, The Trespasser is very similar to her first book, In the Woods. The plot sits more in the forefront, but the character story is right on it's haunches. I tend to favor her other books more, where the characters are stronger and their story is more important than the plot.
The Trespasser is about Murder Detective Antoinette Conway, who is everyone I want to be, and her case of a murdered woman. She takes the case with Stephen Moran from the last book and Don Breslin. It looks like your standard domestic gone wrong, but something is off with Breslin.
The book hung around 3 stars until the end. Dang, French writes a good ending. It's like I've been doing close up shots of the characters and the plot and the ending pulls back and I get the full picture.
Antoinette Conway is one of my favorite characters. She's mean, sarcastic and very real. She says and does what she wants. No one really likes her. Frank Mackey and Antoinette Conway should get married. I'm just saying, I would go to that wedding.
Without spoiling anything, this book is about fantasies. It's about the fantasies we create every day to help us through the day. They are positive and negative. In some fantasies you become the hero and some you are the victim. At the end of the day, as Dr Phil says, "It's not about you." When you forget the other people around you and they way they are thinking, you lose it-maybe even your life. Dun-Dun-Dun.
I'm a huge fan of Tana French and this is the end of my binge. I don't know what I'm going to do with myself now that I've completed all her current works! Even her worst books are still fantastic.
In my mind, The Trespasser is very similar to her first book, In the Woods. The plot sits more in the forefront, but the character story is right on it's haunches. I tend to favor her other books more, where the characters are stronger and their story is more important than the plot.
The Trespasser is about Murder Detective Antoinette Conway, who is everyone I want to be, and her case of a murdered woman. She takes the case with Stephen Moran from the last book and Don Breslin. It looks like your standard domestic gone wrong, but something is off with Breslin.
The book hung around 3 stars until the end. Dang, French writes a good ending. It's like I've been doing close up shots of the characters and the plot and the ending pulls back and I get the full picture.
Antoinette Conway is one of my favorite characters. She's mean, sarcastic and very real. She says and does what she wants. No one really likes her. Frank Mackey and Antoinette Conway should get married. I'm just saying, I would go to that wedding.
Without spoiling anything, this book is about fantasies. It's about the fantasies we create every day to help us through the day. They are positive and negative. In some fantasies you become the hero and some you are the victim. At the end of the day, as Dr Phil says, "It's not about you." When you forget the other people around you and they way they are thinking, you lose it-maybe even your life. Dun-Dun-Dun.
When a pretty young woman winds up murdered, detectives Conway and Moran catch the case. Her boyfriend looks like a slam-dunk for it but why are they being rushed to book him? And why does Conway think she's met the vic before? Can Conway and Moran get the killer behind bars before the case eats them alive?
Antoinette Conway, second banana from [b:The Secret Place|20821043|The Secret Place (Dublin Murder Squad, #5)|Tana French|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1396671263s/20821043.jpg|21598636] takes center stage in this one. Conway, the odd (wo)man out on the Dublin Murder Squad, trusts no one and suspects everyone. From her tortured past to her tortured present, she may be one of the most complex French leads yet. Her relationship with Stephen Moran, her partner, Detective Breslin, the senior D shadowing them, and her absent father drive the tale.
Tana French's writing is as rich as every but flows really well. Unlike a lot of literary-leaning works, I never once thought the writing didn't serve the story. The style was accessible and went down like moderately-priced wine.
The plot seemed straight-forward. While I knew it couldn't be as simple as it initially appeared, French had me doubting myself quite a bit. Every twist exposed new wrinkles in the case, making the book really hard to set aside. There was one twist I should have seen coming half a mile away but I ran into it like a station wagon plowing a deer.
The last 25% was maddening! I looked around at my co-workers wondering how in the hell they could be so calm with all the shit going down! The last fifty pages or so were pure torture. Everyone was in shit up to his or her neck and I thought the whole squad might go up in flames.
The ending was the dog's breakfast I knew it would be, just like most Tana French books. While it wasn't happily ever after, life goes on with the Dublin Murder Squad. Five out of five stars.
Antoinette Conway, second banana from [b:The Secret Place|20821043|The Secret Place (Dublin Murder Squad, #5)|Tana French|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1396671263s/20821043.jpg|21598636] takes center stage in this one. Conway, the odd (wo)man out on the Dublin Murder Squad, trusts no one and suspects everyone. From her tortured past to her tortured present, she may be one of the most complex French leads yet. Her relationship with Stephen Moran, her partner, Detective Breslin, the senior D shadowing them, and her absent father drive the tale.
Tana French's writing is as rich as every but flows really well. Unlike a lot of literary-leaning works, I never once thought the writing didn't serve the story. The style was accessible and went down like moderately-priced wine.
The plot seemed straight-forward. While I knew it couldn't be as simple as it initially appeared, French had me doubting myself quite a bit. Every twist exposed new wrinkles in the case, making the book really hard to set aside. There was one twist I should have seen coming half a mile away but I ran into it like a station wagon plowing a deer.
The last 25% was maddening! I looked around at my co-workers wondering how in the hell they could be so calm with all the shit going down! The last fifty pages or so were pure torture. Everyone was in shit up to his or her neck and I thought the whole squad might go up in flames.
The ending was the dog's breakfast I knew it would be, just like most Tana French books. While it wasn't happily ever after, life goes on with the Dublin Murder Squad. Five out of five stars.
This was probably my least favorite of Tana French's novels. Primarily because of the narrator who was extremely unlikeable. I did like that it happened over a much shorter time period than her other books, but it felt very slow because the main detective was so self absorbed.