The Likeness: A Novel by Tana French Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Likeness: A Novel
Book Review: Pulls you in & won't let you go....
Summary: 5 Stars
Tana French has outdone herself with her second book. She combines her lyrical prose style with a gripping, well plotted murder mystery. I was so drawn into Whitethorn House & the denizens who lived there that I felt as if I were one of them. The characters & setting, & story are so gripping that for several days afterward I still felt as if I were living in the story. A totally absorbing book with a much more satisfying ending that her first novel. Book Review: Top of my list
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved every sentence. I think she is the best mystery writer in the business. Sorry John Sandford, but you've slipped to number two on my list.Book Review: Feckin' genius
Summary: 5 Stars
It's feckin' genius, that's what it is. I couldn't write a single sentence as well as Tana French if I started now and lived to be a thousand. And she wrote a whole book, two books, of them. Flawlessly. Word after word, sentence after sentence, paragraph after paragraph, until the book is as perfect as it could be. It boggles the mind, it really does.
The first time I picked up Raymond Chandler, I knew I was in the hands of something profound and mysterious. I haven't had that feeling again for many years, till In The Woods, and even more powerfully, The Likeness.
Here's an Australian sheep rancher, talking about his daughter:
"But when she was nine, her mother had hemmorhaged, ...and bled out before a doctor could get there. 'Gracie was too young to hear that,' he said. '...I knew as soon as I told her. The look in her eyes: she was too young to hear it. It cracked her straight across.'"
"It cracked her straight across". That's the power of metaphor in the hands of a master. It conveys in a way that touches the heart what exactly happened, in the same way that Shakespeare would use metaphor and words.
It's a privilege to read Tana French, it really is. I feel only pity for the person who wrote of the unbelievable plot, I do. This book isn't about a plot, just as Chandler wasn't about plot, just as we don't read Shakespeare for the plot. Anyone can do plot; but to give feeling and life, undoubted life, to characters on paper, that is to marvel at.
Book Review: love love love!!
Summary: 5 Stars
The Likeness, Tana French's second mystery novel, is an incredibly creative and engaging story about Cassie, a supporting character in her first novel In The Woods. I highly recommend reading In the Woods before The Likeness, because knowing a little about Cassie before diving into this novel makes it that much better.
Cassie, a former undercover agent is sent back into duty when a murder victim turns up who happens to look like her long lost identical twin. Cassie is put in a house with 4 of her best friends, and the suspense ensues.
I loved every word of this novel, from the brilliant descriptions of the house, to the vividness of every single character. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading a great mystery, and especially to those who loved In the Woods as much as I did.
Book Review: Review
Summary: 4 Stars
Cassie Maddox is no longer with the Murder Squad. Cassie receives a phone call from her boyfriend, Sam to come down to Glenskehy to view a body. She can't help but wonder what's so important about the victim that Sam would call her? Once Cassie arrives in Glenskehy to her surprise and amazement the female victim looks exactly like Cassie. In fact the victim could very well pass as Cassie's twin. But that's not the most shocking thing. The id found on the victim says her name was Alexandra "Lexie" J. Madison. Cassie knows that name all too well. Years ago when Cassie worked undercover, she went by the name of Lexie Madison. Now Cassie is living the life of Lexie again. Someone she never thought she would ever have to be again.
I was glad to see that Tana French's second book The Likeness featured Cassie Maddox this time. Readers got introduced to Cassie in Ms. French's first novel In the Woods. I thought that Cassie was a very strong character and am pleased to get to know her more. Just like In the Woods, Tana's writing style never faltered with The Likeness. If anything it got better. With two great books under her belt, Ms. French can be considered a knockout author to watch out for. I can't wait to see what Tana delivers to her readers next. I hope Tana French's next book brings back Ryan and Cassie.