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carmentalie 's review for:
In the Woods
by Tana French
I really enjoyed this book. It's an interesting mystery and a well written book. The characters are well developed and likable. In fact, I was with the author the whole time, how she chose to unfold the story, introduce us to the cast of nasty characters, even her weird semi-magical sub-plot. All quite fun and fitting.
***SPOILER***
She lost me, however, when the main character accused me of not recognizing one of the characters as the murderer. And this didn't make me angry because I like to know "whodunit" before the reveal, it made me angry because Ms. French did such an amazing job creating a character who is a psychopath that I recognized her the minute I met her. So the story from then on, for me, was really much sadder. When the main character is so easily manipulated by this psychopath, destroying his job, his partnership and really his whole life, I was powerless. But to have him then accuse me of being fooled just as easily as he was? Very off-putting. Left a bad taste in my mouth. Plus, the magical sub-plot went nowhere.
I plan on reading more of her books.
***SPOILER***
She lost me, however, when the main character accused me of not recognizing one of the characters as the murderer. And this didn't make me angry because I like to know "whodunit" before the reveal, it made me angry because Ms. French did such an amazing job creating a character who is a psychopath that I recognized her the minute I met her. So the story from then on, for me, was really much sadder. When the main character is so easily manipulated by this psychopath, destroying his job, his partnership and really his whole life, I was powerless. But to have him then accuse me of being fooled just as easily as he was? Very off-putting. Left a bad taste in my mouth. Plus, the magical sub-plot went nowhere.
I plan on reading more of her books.