Lauren
fell in love with Tana French’s story telling in book 2 of this series, having read it before book 1 due to it being required reading for one of my Master’s courses. While I liked this one well enough, it was hard going from that to this, because that book was so strong.
The things that remained strong in this book were by far her characters. All of her characters are unique and have distinct personalities. (I also liked seeing Cassie get to where she was before The Likeness - there were definitely things hinted in that book that I didn’t catch on to & my guesses for the missed drama was way off).
While o saw some reviews mentioning they didn’t like the ending, I thought it was fine. It wasn’t spectacular, but not all endings have the blow us out of the water. I think it wrapped things up decently, while also staying true to the characters and their experiences.
Unfortunately, I really hated Rob. It was just hard being in his mind because I didn’t particularly like how he viewed people. I do think that was partially intentional and partially a product of when the book was written, and I actually don’t mind reading about characters I don’t like, but there was just something about being in his head that took me out of it a little. Maybe I’m just ruined and wanted more Cassie.
I do think I will continue the series as I’m sure I’ll like the future books even more. I think this one mostly suffered from my points above and my only other experience with her works being a 5 star read.
fell in love with Tana French’s story telling in book 2 of this series, having read it before book 1 due to it being required reading for one of my Master’s courses. While I liked this one well enough, it was hard going from that to this, because that book was so strong.
The things that remained strong in this book were by far her characters. All of her characters are unique and have distinct personalities. (I also liked seeing Cassie get to where she was before The Likeness - there were definitely things hinted in that book that I didn’t catch on to & my guesses for the missed drama was way off).
While o saw some reviews mentioning they didn’t like the ending, I thought it was fine. It wasn’t spectacular, but not all endings have the blow us out of the water. I think it wrapped things up decently, while also staying true to the characters and their experiences.
Unfortunately, I really hated Rob. It was just hard being in his mind because I didn’t particularly like how he viewed people. I do think that was partially intentional and partially a product of when the book was written, and I actually don’t mind reading about characters I don’t like, but there was just something about being in his head that took me out of it a little. Maybe I’m just ruined and wanted more Cassie.
I do think I will continue the series as I’m sure I’ll like the future books even more. I think this one mostly suffered from my points above and my only other experience with her works being a 5 star read.