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A review by bgg616
Broken Harbor by Tana French
1.0
I have revised this review deciding after the fact it was full of implausible events and plot holes and way way too long.
Nov. 2017 - After reading [a:Conor O'Callaghan|163609|Conor O'Callaghan|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]'s brilliant [b:Nothing On Earth|27245637|Nothing On Earth|Conor O'Callaghan|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1466278348s/27245637.jpg|47294122] and rating it 5 stars, I had no choice but to downgrade this rating. Both books are about ghost estates in Ireland.
October 2018 - revising again to explain my 1 star. The book is far too long, and full of very implausible events. A thriller should provide explanations, but this one doesn't. Worse of all is French's disdain and utter contempt for working class people. A friend of mine who grew up in the Liberties neighborhood in Dublin was furious over this portrayal. This book put me off French forever. I also dislike that she, an American, masquerades as Irish and even speaks in an affected accent (shades of Madonna during her London days).
I am also adding to this after a suggestion by one reader of French who thought Goodreads should delete 1 star reviews.
Nov. 2017 - After reading [a:Conor O'Callaghan|163609|Conor O'Callaghan|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]'s brilliant [b:Nothing On Earth|27245637|Nothing On Earth|Conor O'Callaghan|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1466278348s/27245637.jpg|47294122] and rating it 5 stars, I had no choice but to downgrade this rating. Both books are about ghost estates in Ireland.
October 2018 - revising again to explain my 1 star. The book is far too long, and full of very implausible events. A thriller should provide explanations, but this one doesn't. Worse of all is French's disdain and utter contempt for working class people. A friend of mine who grew up in the Liberties neighborhood in Dublin was furious over this portrayal. This book put me off French forever. I also dislike that she, an American, masquerades as Irish and even speaks in an affected accent (shades of Madonna during her London days).
I am also adding to this after a suggestion by one reader of French who thought Goodreads should delete 1 star reviews.