Helpful Score: 3
I've read all of French's books and think this is the best so far. A master storyteller w/beautiful prose. A dark story that is a slow burn. Her plot is intricate with surprising twists and turns, especially at the end. Toby always felt lucky and blessed until a burglar hit him on the head and caused slight brain damage. After this event, things spiral out of control and change his life forever. A spellbinding and gripping read not to be missed.
Helpful Score: 1
I like Tana French's writing, I think she's very good. I was enjoying this book up until about 3/4 of the way, then it felt like she herself got tired of writing it and just made up a couple things at the end to get it done. Not sure why I felt that way. Her prose, scenery descriptions, the conversations, the characters all good. Book could have been half the size, paced a bit faster, and possibly I'd have felt more of a razors edge than something glomped on at the end.
Helpful Score: 1
Sorry to say that by page 115, I just had to give up. While I somewhat enjoyed French's writing style, the story hadn't grabbed me enough to keep plodding along. Toby was not that interesting and it didn't appear he ever would be by page 509. I felt like I was stuck in quicksand, just TRYING to get out to a better place.
