A review by sleepyshibito
In the Woods by Tana French

1.0

This almost a 1.5 for me. I just could not stand the characters.

SPOILER FREE

Ryan's infatuation with a teenage girl was really off-putting and creepy, along with him just not being likable in general. I went from being neutral to hating him by the end of the book.

Cassie's character felt like an attempt at a manic pixie dream girl without much real charm to her. Also weird how Ryan kept describing her as childlike??

And what happened to French's writing quality whenever Rosalind appeared??? Her character was so poorly written, it felt like I was sudden reading a teenager's Wattpad story.

All that is to say, I actually didn't mind what many others have issues with, I don't mind long winded descriptions and I didn't mind the ending, however the killer was extremely obvious to me so that was very disappointing once i realized.

also if I have to read "her little teeth" one more time im gonna lose it

Edit:// SPOILER:

Spoiler

I wanted to say that I'm aware that Ryan is supposed to be a psychopath, there are several hints eluding to this throughout the book. I admit that does make me appreciate Ryan's character slightly more and I know we aren't supposed to like him. But it was still, overall, not an enjoyable read as a whole for me.