A review by hcothran
The Secret Place by Tana French

4.0

I really liked it, which doesn't surprise me because Tana French is possibly my favorite mystery writer and I have loved most of her books. It's beautifully written, and the mystery is solid, but it's maybe...a little melodramatic? I get where she was coming from, trying to recapture that feeling you have in your youth that the world is full of possibilities and your friends are everything, but...I don't think most, or maybe any, teenage girls take it as far as these girls do, even leaving behind any spoilers about who did what to whom, exactly. Still, a solid outing by Ms. French, and she's got the dialogue of teenage girls down to a science, something that is very important to my enjoyment of a novel...being able to write believable dialogue. There was less melodrama and gooey description in the present day chapters, and I enjoyed those more.