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A review by elektra_eris
The Secret Place by Tana French
mysterious
slow-paced
3.75
3.75⭐️
Tana French switches up her formula in this fifth installment of the Dublin Murder Squad series. The story is told in dual timelines: one following the detectives working an old unsolved case who revive the case after receiving new information and the other following the events leading up to the murder at a posh all girls boarding school.
I defintely enjoyed the current timeline following the detectives more. It was a long and eventful day that mostly involved the two rookie detectives interviewing the girls and trying to piece together what really happened. I liked the dynamic between Moran and Conway a lot and am thrilled to see that Conway takes the main role in the next book with Moran as her partner 😊
The past timeline was okay. It slowed down the pace of the nobel and the teenage girl dialogue was a little cringey (maybe worse hearing it narrated aloud through the audiobook 😬). There was also a weird supernatural element that felt out of place in this setting. I know French loves to add a bit of weird and unexplained shit to her books but this felt very ineffective and distracting to me.
One of the girls is Holly Mackey, daughter of a detective from a previous novel and a key witness in a case Moran helped with before. I liked her characterization and seeing her (and her dad!) again.
My ratings for the DMS have been a bit all over the place but i will continue to read everything Tana French writes because her writing is so atmospheric and lovely despite its flaws.
Tana French switches up her formula in this fifth installment of the Dublin Murder Squad series. The story is told in dual timelines: one following the detectives working an old unsolved case who revive the case after receiving new information and the other following the events leading up to the murder at a posh all girls boarding school.
I defintely enjoyed the current timeline following the detectives more. It was a long and eventful day that mostly involved the two rookie detectives interviewing the girls and trying to piece together what really happened. I liked the dynamic between Moran and Conway a lot and am thrilled to see that Conway takes the main role in the next book with Moran as her partner 😊
The past timeline was okay. It slowed down the pace of the nobel and the teenage girl dialogue was a little cringey (maybe worse hearing it narrated aloud through the audiobook 😬). There was also a weird supernatural element that felt out of place in this setting. I know French loves to add a bit of weird and unexplained shit to her books but this felt very ineffective and distracting to me.
One of the girls is Holly Mackey, daughter of a detective from a previous novel and a key witness in a case Moran helped with before. I liked her characterization and seeing her (and her dad!) again.
My ratings for the DMS have been a bit all over the place but i will continue to read everything Tana French writes because her writing is so atmospheric and lovely despite its flaws.