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shelflife 's review for:
Broken Harbour
by Tana French
Well this was a definite mixed bag of nuts for me. Excuse the pun for those of you who may have read it. The book grabbed me from the get go which I knew then I was in for a treat. The story is set in Ireland during the recession, a time when many are losing their jobs and homes are on the line. We all know the story.
A family is murdered, mostly, out in a fairly new and empty development where maybe 5 or 6 families live. The development halted when money dried up and was basically abandoned. I love the way author describes this place and the isolated feeling you get from being out there. It's far from everything and the houses although seem really nice, when looking more closely are pretty shoddy. So Im super into this creepy feeling and it keeps me going.
Then about halfway through, the story begins to fall apart in places for me. I say in places, because I liked parts and other parts went into Wierd silly places for me making things a bit not too believable. The author tends to go on a bit with no movement to the story and repeats alot. Could have used quite a bit of editing.
Her ability to create interesting, conflicting characters is strong.
Overall I found the story sad and tragic. I think the author was trying in her way to illustrate how we can all follow the rules and do all the right things in life, make the best decisions for our families, but in the end life just isn't fair and it doesn't mean it's all going to workout just the way we want it.
I'm interested in reading another book by this author.
A family is murdered, mostly, out in a fairly new and empty development where maybe 5 or 6 families live. The development halted when money dried up and was basically abandoned. I love the way author describes this place and the isolated feeling you get from being out there. It's far from everything and the houses although seem really nice, when looking more closely are pretty shoddy. So Im super into this creepy feeling and it keeps me going.
Then about halfway through, the story begins to fall apart in places for me. I say in places, because I liked parts and other parts went into Wierd silly places for me making things a bit not too believable. The author tends to go on a bit with no movement to the story and repeats alot. Could have used quite a bit of editing.
Her ability to create interesting, conflicting characters is strong.
Overall I found the story sad and tragic. I think the author was trying in her way to illustrate how we can all follow the rules and do all the right things in life, make the best decisions for our families, but in the end life just isn't fair and it doesn't mean it's all going to workout just the way we want it.
I'm interested in reading another book by this author.