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booksturnbrains 's review for:
The Secret Place
by Tana French
Fond of:
Not only do we get one returning character, but three. Stephen, Holly and Frank Mackey are older and smarter than they were the last time we met. I loved seeing their development and the stubbornness all three took on. Like In The Woods, where a teen is the focus and inevitable culprit I really liked the daring all eight girls provided, giving a Rhoda Penmark/Bed Seed vibe to it. Also, I enjoyed that parts of The Secret Place were told in flashback, precipitated with "Chris Harper has x month/week/days to live. Through these segments leading up to the murder the reader got a fuller view of the goings on at St. Kilda's.
Not Fond of:
All eight girls were caddy Lindsey Lohans and got a little tired of hearing the word "Awesomesauce". Antoinette Conway, while she exhibits a bad ass I can do anything as good or better then men, she seemed a little incompetent. She spent a year with Chris Harper's murder as an open case, Stephen Moran comes on the scene and solves it in less then 24 hours. Don't get me wrong, I wanted Stephen to succeed, but if I had to listen to "I can't believe I missed that" one more time...
Final Thoughts:
My kindle's battery died with 30 minutes left to read and I annoyingly had to charge it for a hour. By saying this it exposes that I was so engrossed in The Secret Place that I lost all track of time and did not want to be interrupted for anything. The Secret Place is a thrillingly good read that will take your head for a spin.
Not only do we get one returning character, but three. Stephen, Holly and Frank Mackey are older and smarter than they were the last time we met. I loved seeing their development and the stubbornness all three took on. Like In The Woods, where a teen is the focus and inevitable culprit I really liked the daring all eight girls provided, giving a Rhoda Penmark/Bed Seed vibe to it. Also, I enjoyed that parts of The Secret Place were told in flashback, precipitated with "Chris Harper has x month/week/days to live. Through these segments leading up to the murder the reader got a fuller view of the goings on at St. Kilda's.
Not Fond of:
All eight girls were caddy Lindsey Lohans and got a little tired of hearing the word "Awesomesauce". Antoinette Conway, while she exhibits a bad ass I can do anything as good or better then men, she seemed a little incompetent. She spent a year with Chris Harper's murder as an open case, Stephen Moran comes on the scene and solves it in less then 24 hours. Don't get me wrong, I wanted Stephen to succeed, but if I had to listen to "I can't believe I missed that" one more time...
Final Thoughts:
My kindle's battery died with 30 minutes left to read and I annoyingly had to charge it for a hour. By saying this it exposes that I was so engrossed in The Secret Place that I lost all track of time and did not want to be interrupted for anything. The Secret Place is a thrillingly good read that will take your head for a spin.