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boneykingofnowhere 's review for:
The Secret Place
by Tana French
*3.5 stars
This was good but not quite on the same level as the other books in the series. French's writing is beautiful like always and I enjoyed the slow unravelling of the mystery, but I wasn't a big fan of the way the narrative switched between Stephen in the present day trying to solve the murder and the girls in the lead up to the murder. None of the girls were very interesting, all the teenspeak became annoying real fast, and it got to the point where I had to skim read their chapters to get to the good stuff. That said, I loved Stephen's chapters and I probably would've given this 4 or 4.5 stars if the whole book had been from his POV. His relationship with Conway was the highlight of the book and it affected me way more than the all-encompassing friendship of the girls.
This was good but not quite on the same level as the other books in the series. French's writing is beautiful like always and I enjoyed the slow unravelling of the mystery, but I wasn't a big fan of the way the narrative switched between Stephen in the present day trying to solve the murder and the girls in the lead up to the murder. None of the girls were very interesting, all the teenspeak became annoying real fast, and it got to the point where I had to skim read their chapters to get to the good stuff. That said, I loved Stephen's chapters and I probably would've given this 4 or 4.5 stars if the whole book had been from his POV. His relationship with Conway was the highlight of the book and it affected me way more than the all-encompassing friendship of the girls.