I have been hearing about this book for ages, it has great reviews and it is loved. So I decide to check it out. This book a Detective Rob Ryan who is the only child who got back from the woods in the summer of 1984. The story is set in Dublin, Ireland which makes it even more compelling.
As you can predict Rob is tortured by his past and the happenings of that dreadful summer. One day he gets called into the same suburb his friends went missing to investigate a homicide of a twelve year old girl. Now that he’s back at the ‘scene of his nightmares’ he must conquer his trauma whilst working on a case in a small suburb of Dublin. He works alongside his partner Detective Cassie Maddox in order to solve this crime and find the person/people who committed it.
I love French’s writing style, it’s very rich and beautiful. She has a great way of getting into her characters’ psyche. French created a character with a troubled past who feels like a real person when reading the book. The story is good but the happenings in the novel were a bit too much for me. I didn’t like it as much as everyone else. Although I thought the book was great it wasn’t a ‘wow’ book. If you are a fan of mystery/thriller books I’d recommend it.
My rating is: 
Breathing Through Pages 
Great review! I hated the ending so much 😶😶😶
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I found it to be quite dry but her writing style is amazing and she knows how to write characters.
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I have this one but still haven’t read it… We’ll have to see how I like it :-). Thanks for reviewing!
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In my opinion, it beats the first one and it’s definitely worth a read!
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I just realised that I made a mistake here – sorry. I thought you were commenting on ‘The Likeness’.
But still give it a try because you might like it, you never know 🙂
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I’ve had the book In The Woods by Tana French sitting on my book shelf for quite a few months and never got round to reading it and the funny thing is that Tana French is one of my favourite authors. I guess too many books and not enough time to read them all.
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I am planning on reading the third one ‘Faithful Place’ because I love her writing and in-depth characters. I also heard great things about it. Everyone says that the first one isn’t that good but the rest of the series is amazing. Yeah, I agree. There are always new books coming out and not enough time to read ’em all.
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I quite enjoyed this one but not as much as other people seemed to. However I liked it enough to buy her next one – now all I need to do is find time to read it! 🙂
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Well it depends on the mood you’re in, or if you’ve read some other books similar to this one.. Also yess – The Likeness is so much better and worth the read!
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