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starabo's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
deesoupdragon's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
takeahike's review against another edition
4.0
"Or maybe, and I like to hope it was this one, because the truth is more intricate and less attainable than I used to understand, a bright illusive place reached by twisiting back roads as often by straight avenues, and this was the closest I could come."
I love Tana French's characters; they are so unbelievably flawed. I would find myself trying to talk them out of their bad decisions. Never worked.
I love Tana French's characters; they are so unbelievably flawed. I would find myself trying to talk them out of their bad decisions. Never worked.
irenevm's review against another edition
5.0
After not loving the first book of the Dublin Murder Squad series, I didn’t imagine The Likeness would impact me so much. It’s incredibly well written, it makes you keep reading and looking for moments to continue with the roller coaster this story is.
I’m excited to read Faithful Place.
I’m excited to read Faithful Place.
stephtoro's review against another edition
3.0
This book kind of dragged. Way too much monologuing. It took toooooo long for Maddox to agree to the assignment, which she is obviously going to do because that's the whole story, and it got pretty repetitive in the beginning. I loved her interactions with the housemates once she finally got there. Unfortunately the ending left much to be desired for me. There were two major loose ends, or at least, there were two pretty major things that I expected to be resolved but they weren't even addressed. Somehow a book that I felt was too long left me wanting more, but not in a good way.
I like the characters and the writing generally enough to keep going with the series but this was disappointing, especially considering how much I liked In The Woods.
I like the characters and the writing generally enough to keep going with the series but this was disappointing, especially considering how much I liked In The Woods.
alyssereads's review against another edition
5.0
This is the third book by Tana French I’ve read and every single one brought tears to my eyes. She just has such an impeccable way of capturing the pitfalls of human nature. That’s the only way I can describe her writing, excruciatingly human. I’m not sure why, maybe because it was easier for her to identify with her protagonist, but Tana French writing in a female voice just blows her other (fantastic) work out of the water. This is one of those mysteries you want to restart as soon as you finish it, now that you have the whole picture. You want to dig into all the little details that escaped you before. I 100% recommended this, even as a stand-alone.
askatknits's review against another edition
2.0
In the far-fetched category, this book takes top billing. I really wanted to like it, I promise. But, the entire story line is so implausible...I had narrowed down the killer to 2 people very quickly and my guess was proven correct (although, they never really have a "true confession"). The writing is good, but this book could have been so much better if any of the story line had any hint of being believable. In short, the entire story fell a bit flat for me and I am not sure I will continue on with this series.