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okay, i enjoyed this tana french book much more than the first one. and against all odds; the premise of this book is so staggeringly unbelievable.check it out: so there's a murrrrrder, and the body is that of a young woman who looks just like detective cassie maddox! awesome! so why doesn't she just pretend to be the murdered girl, slip unnoticed into her life, and take it from there? because, dummy, her "life" is made up solely of a group of four other insular postgrad nerds who reside in a hu
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I forgot to mention in my review of the first book, In the Woods, about how much humor there was and how needed it was. This book also has that same wonderful humor. It’s a brilliant book. Great story, particularly great characters, pheromonal ambiance and gorgeous writing.
One of my pet peeves with mystery novels is when a main character makes stupid choices and Cassie does that here. (view spoiler) ...more
One of my pet peeves with mystery novels is when a main character makes stupid choices and Cassie does that here. (view spoiler) ...more
It's been a while since I read a book that bumped something off my current top 50 list, but hot damn, this did it. I haven't read the first Dublin Murder Squad book, but now you can believe I'm going to. This book was so good, it was one of those rare books that I not only couldn't put down, but couldn't stop thinking about. I inhaled it-- started it Thursday night, finished Sunday night-- and am still a bit reeling from the intensity. This is one of the best mysteries, and one of the best novel
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I was happy to catch up again with Cassie from In The Woods. French is so good at creating a compelling narrative! I'd recommend it for fans of well written psychological mysteries. I've seen lots of comparisons to The Secret History by Donna Tartt, and I think that's fair.
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Absolutely ridiculous plot. And yet, I could not put it down. I devoured this book. You will have to majorly suspend all disbelief to go with the idea that this detective looks enough like a murder victim to fool people into thinking she's the same person. Just go with it.
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Not as good as In the Woods or Faithful Place, but still a great read.
I really enjoyed listening to the audiobook despite the fact that I didn't like the protagonist very much at all!
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Feb 17, 2010
Jen
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really liked it
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An interesting second in the series. The basic premise is highly implausible, but watching (listening?) the scenes unfold and the mystery (un)solve kept me interested. Looking forward the seeing who the main character is in the next.
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Jul 21, 2010
Gina
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really liked it
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Sep 14, 2017
Sarah
marked it as to-read
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Dec 26, 2017
Michelle
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it was amazing
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Dec 31, 2019
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