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vkaz 's review for:
The Likeness
by Tana French
I loved In the Woods. I really loved Faithful Place (which I read out of order). But it's taken me a month and a half to get through this book. The book requires you to suspend belief on so many levels. Yet I continued reading, thinking there would be a big pay off. Nope!
Tana French's prose is amazing. I read her books partly to inspire me to be a better writer. But this book exhausted me. The central concept--of someone trying and failing to create an ideal "Camelot" with roommates--is intriguing. But French beats the idea to death. And ultimately the situation she sets up doesn't ring true. I want the hours back that I spent reading this book.
Tana French's prose is amazing. I read her books partly to inspire me to be a better writer. But this book exhausted me. The central concept--of someone trying and failing to create an ideal "Camelot" with roommates--is intriguing. But French beats the idea to death. And ultimately the situation she sets up doesn't ring true. I want the hours back that I spent reading this book.