![]() ![]() What’s worse, clichés were presented as evidence of humor. The characters sometimes felt like props - not like actual people. She struggles to remain impartial, and it’s especially hard because she’s playing two roles at once - inspector and cheerful, innocent grad student. As Cassie gets to know the friends, she falls in love with them. ![]() Cassie pretends that the woman did not, in fact, die she insinuates herself into a tightknit group of friends - a group that may or may not include the murderer. The Likeness is the tale of a young woman, Cassie, who impersonates a murder victim to try to learn about the circumstances of the victim’s death. I thought it would be a good idea to familiarize myself with French’s style. I read The Likeness in preparation for this review. But I’ve read two of French’s novels, The Likeness and Broken Harbor, and I’ve had a hard time with both of them. I haven’t read that one, but people seem to speak about it in a breathless way, and it won several awards. Maybe she’s right about French’s first novel, In the Woods. My friend said French’s books were just as good. ![]() We loved the novels of Ruth Rendell and P.D. I became interested in Tana French’s books because of a friend’s recommendation. ![]()
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