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In The Woods

Tana French

3.71 AVERAGE

challenging dark mysterious tense 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: Yes
dark sad tense slow-paced
dark mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book was recommended to me by someone on Bookstagram and I found it to be very good. It has a lot of complexity in both the details of the case they are working and in the character development.
challenging dark 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

I cannot believe i stayed up until 1am to finish this.

This is very good writing, and French creates really interesting characters. I was somewhat disappointed in the solution (which I saw coming for 200 pages), and for some things left unresolved, but I definitely liked it well enough to get the second book, which takes place six months later and features one of the main characters from this one. Thanks for the tip, Jen!

Just re-read this book for a book discussion group. Liked it better than the first time; I still saw some of the secrets coming, but better appreciated the careful plotting and the excellent character work. I never got around to getting the second in the series, but have just ordered it. I think I let a good thing get away here... glad to have been brought back around to it.
dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced
mysterious medium-paced