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Broken Harbor
by Tana French
[3.5 stars]
Although not my favorite book in the series thus far, I was nevertheless wrapped up in the story and the plight of our characters. This book was by far the bleakest story in terms of the atmosphere and the overall tone. Our mystery involves a triple homicide of a family, but like of all Tana French's stories the focus isn't really on the identity of the murder, but rather the impact and consequences the case has on our characters. Her stories don't conclude with happy endings--yes, the murders are always solved, but our characters are always come out the other end somehow worse off than when they begin. The cases force them to face things from their past or deal with something that they can't handle emotionally or psychologically.
The main character from this book was probably my least favorite of Tana French's characters so far. His back story was tragic, but I found that I didn't really relate to or feel for him in the same way that I did for the others. An important part of this book is the sense of loneliness we get from every character and even the setting of the story. I still really enjoyed this novel and look forward to reading the next one in the series.
Although not my favorite book in the series thus far, I was nevertheless wrapped up in the story and the plight of our characters. This book was by far the bleakest story in terms of the atmosphere and the overall tone. Our mystery involves a triple homicide of a family, but like of all Tana French's stories the focus isn't really on the identity of the murder, but rather the impact and consequences the case has on our characters. Her stories don't conclude with happy endings--yes, the murders are always solved, but our characters are always come out the other end somehow worse off than when they begin. The cases force them to face things from their past or deal with something that they can't handle emotionally or psychologically.
The main character from this book was probably my least favorite of Tana French's characters so far. His back story was tragic, but I found that I didn't really relate to or feel for him in the same way that I did for the others. An important part of this book is the sense of loneliness we get from every character and even the setting of the story. I still really enjoyed this novel and look forward to reading the next one in the series.