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Porto inseguro

Tana French

3.9 AVERAGE

jansuewai's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

amryden's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

rachel_patrick's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

alissamcshanesands's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

A classic slow burn Dublin murder mystery from French, psychological and twisty with realistic and decidedly not cheesy plot advancing dialog. This story more so than the first 3 in the series had dragging sections where I felt in the moment that we were rehashing information that we already knew or arguments that we already had, but when I reflected back I think those pieces were ultimately important to convey the partners’ disagreements, steadfast commitment to their ideals, and twisty path to the truth. As usual with French I didn’t really see the resolution coming, which is refreshing in this genre! Another accolade I will share is that the setting is very much “a character” in this story — meaning the core motivations of the characters are informed and driven by their time and place — which I believe is difficult to pull off.

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chrismichcon's review against another edition

4.0

I'm a sucker for an Irish setting murder mystery, and this one had me hooked. I didn't even like the narrator/POV detective but still loved reading it.

savorthepages's review against another edition

4.75

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

melee82's review against another edition

5.0

Every time I read a new Tana French novel, I think, this is my favorite one. Broken Harbor is no exception. I love the balance between police procedural and the psychology of it all along with the depth she gives her characters. As always, can't wait for the next one.