Reviews

The Secret Place by Tana French

tsalagitiffany's review against another edition

3.0

I usually love Tana French books, but this wasn't my favorite. I haven't hung out with teenage girls since I was a teenage girl, so maybe they do talk like this, but the dialogue sounds like a grown person pretending to be a girl to me. Even if that weren't the case, the action is very slow, and I got tired all of the machinations of the girls.

ble227's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

ctirpak's review against another edition

mysterious sad 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

4.0

kristiebeeler's review against another edition

3.0

3.5*

j_aw's review against another edition

2.0

this book lost points for the weird witchy aspect

cstofcho's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

ergilkey's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

boitevide's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

cherryghost15's review

5.0

My head is just spinning finishing the fifth novel in the Dublin Murder Squad series by Tana French. She has woven an amazing tale here and I feel tied up in it with no escape in sight. This one can do a number on your head.

French uses a new structure in The Secret Place—alternating chapters between Detective Stephen Moran and uses an omniscient narrator with the girls at St. Kilda’s. And it works beautifully.

French also dips a toe into the paranormal with this. But it whirls around you, so gauzy you never quite grasp it fully, just little hints and small actions leave you wondering “how is this happening, why and what does it mean?”

More thoughts to come.

This really blew me away.

garbgini's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense 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

5.0