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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Faithful Place ~ Tana French

***CarolK

I’m becoming a big fan of Tana French. This is her third winner for me. Even though it took me quite awhile to finish Faithful Place, I really liked this story. So why not a 4 or 5 star. I think I'm also becoming a bit more fussy about doling those stars out. I liked it but can't say it was incredible.

I have fallen for French’s style, slow and developing, lots of detail, characters you can relate too, and good dialogue. There’s a mystery, you know, someone dies, who did it, but that’s not what’s important here. You want to learn more about the characters, what motivated them, how they got from one place to the other. Don’t get me wrong. I did want to know who killed Rosie Daly. Two young lovers, Frank Mackey and Rosie Daly make a lover’s pack to secretly flee their dysfunctional families and distressed neighborhood in Dublin to go to England. Frank waits for Rosie throughout one long night for Rosie to appear. When she doesn’t show, he thinks she’s dumped him. Eventually he seemingly goes on with his life, moves away, marries, has a child, and becomes a cop. But he continues to carry the torch for his one great love which causes him problems in his present relationships. Twenty-two years later he gets a call from his sister that a body has been found in his old neighborhood. He’s once again drawn back to the home he thought he left behind, to have all the wounds reopened and stirred up once again.

Faithful Place is definitely a story about family relationships, lost love, promises, trust, and the hurt one can do to another. It begs the question can you ever really go home again. French is at the top of my favorites list. I can’t wait for her next book. I hope her publishers give her the time to write another book with the depth of the first three.

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