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A review by thona
In the Woods by Tana French
5.0
TLDR: scroll all the way to the damn bottom to even comprehend what i went through
[let me say this post writing this review: i’m glad i bought the sequel. and i’m glad the sequel is longer than the first if not just as many pages.]
Tana....Tana Tana Tana godamn fucking French. don’t any of you ever and i mean EVER. disrespect the name cause this woman right here? a god among men. i’ve read her latest solo the witch elm and believe me i plan on reading the rest of the series but the...the well she’s built of this story in particular is endless, depthless, and you are going to fall in and forget that wells are supposed to have an ending. this shitll stick with you, but don’t most good books do? anyway let me get this outta the way
the book from start to finish truly is atmospheric rich in characterization and has an objective understanding on how the human male works. it’s fabulous. wonderfully and vindictively so. you go into stories like this (bc you’re a weathered and seasoned reader) tryna pinpoint who. dun. it. and my god madame french gives you an inch and makes you walk ten miles to solve the mystery she’s got you reading. she really does have a way of kicking things into high gear by the third act, god bless you ms french. you’re a god to me now you know that? plot twists don’t even justify what you get right here. saying, “it’s a roller coaster from start to finish” NO!!! SHUT UP!! that phrase can’t even fathom to describe wholly what a wild ass car chase momentum-esque sensation this book gives you. i’m really tryna describe here why this book, bc of its simplistic and thorough character analysis of its main character and the plot in and of itself, balanced well amongst eachother and played off eachother so well. that you forgot you were tryna find out who done it. but when you do, you always knew and it stuck the landing and took us off our feet anyway. i feel like a majority of the female readers knew...you know? who committed the crime but i also feel like that ms french carefully crafted the story’s specific part to be picked up by female readers which then goes to show how talented and masterful and creative she is.
bro how do i end this review? i’m still in awe satisfaction amazement and everything in between about this book. here have some emojis to describe what i went through on this journey
[let me say this post writing this review: i’m glad i bought the sequel. and i’m glad the sequel is longer than the first if not just as many pages.]
Tana....Tana Tana Tana godamn fucking French. don’t any of you ever and i mean EVER. disrespect the name cause this woman right here? a god among men. i’ve read her latest solo the witch elm and believe me i plan on reading the rest of the series but the...the well she’s built of this story in particular is endless, depthless, and you are going to fall in and forget that wells are supposed to have an ending. this shitll stick with you, but don’t most good books do? anyway let me get this outta the way
the book from start to finish truly is atmospheric rich in characterization and has an objective understanding on how the human male works. it’s fabulous. wonderfully and vindictively so. you go into stories like this (bc you’re a weathered and seasoned reader) tryna pinpoint who. dun. it. and my god madame french gives you an inch and makes you walk ten miles to solve the mystery she’s got you reading. she really does have a way of kicking things into high gear by the third act, god bless you ms french. you’re a god to me now you know that? plot twists don’t even justify what you get right here. saying, “it’s a roller coaster from start to finish” NO!!! SHUT UP!! that phrase can’t even fathom to describe wholly what a wild ass car chase momentum-esque sensation this book gives you. i’m really tryna describe here why this book, bc of its simplistic and thorough character analysis of its main character and the plot in and of itself, balanced well amongst eachother and played off eachother so well. that you forgot you were tryna find out who done it. but when you do, you always knew and it stuck the landing and took us off our feet anyway. i feel like a majority of the female readers knew...you know? who committed the crime but i also feel like that ms french carefully crafted the story’s specific part to be picked up by female readers which then goes to show how talented and masterful and creative she is.
bro how do i end this review? i’m still in awe satisfaction amazement and everything in between about this book. here have some emojis to describe what i went through on this journey