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Faithful Place, Tana French, finished


I'll start with the weaknesses. The resolution of the plot (as I've found before with TF) isn't heart-stopping. Some of the characters seem (to this Irish lad) a bit over the top.<br /><br />But that's it. TF's writing ability is second to none. She gives you a book and a half--this is not a writer who ever cheats her reader. No shortcuts. Vivid dialogue, great descriptions (almost too good, as our first person narrator is a male who doesn't seem that he'd be all that perceptive).<br /><br />I realized when I was nit-picking this a bit in my mind that I would be 100% delighted if every murder mystery I read were 75% as good as Tana French's. I'm going to go back and make sure I gave her five stars on all my reviews.
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