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Faithful Place by Tana French

16 reviews

ultramariikka's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Alcoholism, and Bullying

bootsmom3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Classism, Death, Grief, Misogyny, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexism, Violence, and Addiction

Moderate: Homophobia, Car accident, Child abuse, Body shaming, Gore, Medical content, Suicide, Blood, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity

zoe_archambault's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

really enjoyed this backstory for the series, might be my favourite though the likeness still sits with me so maybe a close second out of the 3. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Grief, Murder, Stalking, Addiction, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Cursing, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide

wildautumnchild's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

savvylit's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

In 2020, I read five of Tana French's books back to back. This is the first of her novels that I have read since and reminded me exactly why I enjoyed her thrillers so much back then. French excels at creating psychological tension and three-dimensional characters. In addition to being an author, French is an actress and it shows. The cinematic quality of her mysteries makes me feel immersed in a detective show. It makes total sense that her novels have been adapted for television!

About Faithful Place in particular - while I liked it, I had a few issues with it. First, I just didn't particularly like the main character, Frank. He was an asshole throughout and didn't really have much of a redemption. Everyone in his life gave him a lot of grace but he just kept acting bullishly. Second, there were two mysterious deaths in this novel and I don't think that the second one was properly solved. At the novel's conclusion, it's implied to have been solved but there's never a true explanation. Generally, I don't mind ambiguity in books. However, when the first murder was so neatly solved and explained in detail, I would hope for the same insight into the second murder.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Alcoholism, Suicide, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Violence and Classism

cole_louise's review

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Very slow burn, wasn't sure about it at first and didn't get into it as quickly as the other Dublin books, but really enjoyed the different pace and plot development! If anyone is struggling I'd say definitely stick with it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Domestic abuse, and Alcoholism

tamsinlynn21's review

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Alcoholism

emily_morg's review

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

My first Tana French novel..so good. I don’t think the reveal surprised me that much but the build up to it with the back stories and family dynamics was complex and well done. Her writing was excellent, the Irish jargon and phrases were so natural

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Murder, and Alcoholism

stellarya's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Fatphobia

katyjean81's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Outstanding mystery novel. My only sadness is that unlike her other murder squad ones, I knew who the killer was about halfway through...it just took a while before i knew how and why. 

Fascinating. She's an incredible writer. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Alcoholism