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| The Entertainment Review |
| By: Tana French Publisher: Penguin Books |
In the suburban town on Knocknaree, Ireland, three children wandered into the woods to play as they normally did all
summer long. But on this day, they didn’t come out. One child was found covered in blood while the other two
children were never found and the worst was presumed. The one child that was found never was able to remember
what had happened to them. He had been too traumatized to remember anything. The story takes place twenty years
later when the boy is no longer a child, but a cop on a murder squad. Rob is forced to face his secret past when
another child is found dead in the same woods by Knocknaree, where his friends disappeared and he is called in to
lead the new murder case.
“In The Woods” author, Tana French is a truly gifted writer. Readers will be charmed and impressed with her prose.
She has a gift for creative descriptions and literary expressions while her character development is very well thought
out.
Readers will go through a wide range of emotions with this book. At first it is difficult to like the two main characters,
Rob and Cassie. Both of them cling to each other, ignoring everyone around them and finding something wrong with
everyone and everything that they come into contact with. These are two characters that many people wouldn’t be
able to get along with in the real world because the way they would interact with anyone outside of their own perfect
bubble. They are both antisocial and they found each other to be the only ones in the entire world around them who
they were able to relate to. It seemed like they found something wrong about everyone.
As the story continues, the reader will have a different feeling about Rob and Cassie as they get to know more about
them. As the story slowly progressed, French introduces readers to the reasons and experiences that created the
personalities of the main characters. After realizing what each of them has been through in their life, it becomes
easier to deal with their antisocial personalities. Cassie’s encounter with a psychopath adds a whole new element to
the story.
The character development was great, but the plot of the story makes it worth reading. Going through the murder
investigation with rob and Cassie gives the reader another grasp on the character realities and offers a way to feel
connected with them. The book will quickly become difficult to put down. Readers will catch themselves trying to
solve the murder as more information is presented on each page and they will try to figure out what really happened
to the children who went missing twenty years earlier by finding a possible connection with the newest victim.
Unfortunately, the ending isn’t what many will be waning. It was a great book but many will feel upset with the
conclusion. Many readers will feel a little disappointed, but the journey to the end of the story is well worth the read.
Many readers will walk away from “In The Woods” feeling a little more confused than when they began reading it.
summer long. But on this day, they didn’t come out. One child was found covered in blood while the other two
children were never found and the worst was presumed. The one child that was found never was able to remember
what had happened to them. He had been too traumatized to remember anything. The story takes place twenty years
later when the boy is no longer a child, but a cop on a murder squad. Rob is forced to face his secret past when
another child is found dead in the same woods by Knocknaree, where his friends disappeared and he is called in to
lead the new murder case.
“In The Woods” author, Tana French is a truly gifted writer. Readers will be charmed and impressed with her prose.
She has a gift for creative descriptions and literary expressions while her character development is very well thought
out.
Readers will go through a wide range of emotions with this book. At first it is difficult to like the two main characters,
Rob and Cassie. Both of them cling to each other, ignoring everyone around them and finding something wrong with
everyone and everything that they come into contact with. These are two characters that many people wouldn’t be
able to get along with in the real world because the way they would interact with anyone outside of their own perfect
bubble. They are both antisocial and they found each other to be the only ones in the entire world around them who
they were able to relate to. It seemed like they found something wrong about everyone.
As the story continues, the reader will have a different feeling about Rob and Cassie as they get to know more about
them. As the story slowly progressed, French introduces readers to the reasons and experiences that created the
personalities of the main characters. After realizing what each of them has been through in their life, it becomes
easier to deal with their antisocial personalities. Cassie’s encounter with a psychopath adds a whole new element to
the story.
The character development was great, but the plot of the story makes it worth reading. Going through the murder
investigation with rob and Cassie gives the reader another grasp on the character realities and offers a way to feel
connected with them. The book will quickly become difficult to put down. Readers will catch themselves trying to
solve the murder as more information is presented on each page and they will try to figure out what really happened
to the children who went missing twenty years earlier by finding a possible connection with the newest victim.
Unfortunately, the ending isn’t what many will be waning. It was a great book but many will feel upset with the
conclusion. Many readers will feel a little disappointed, but the journey to the end of the story is well worth the read.
Many readers will walk away from “In The Woods” feeling a little more confused than when they began reading it.
