tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post5046064758151310006..comments2023-11-05T01:05:41.190-07:00Comments on International Noir Fiction: Tana French: Faithful PlaceGlenn Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04869155065647936216noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post-41629588898897240202010-09-28T06:36:02.067-07:002010-09-28T06:36:02.067-07:00I like the way you put it: "Frank got away on...I like the way you put it: "Frank got away once..." Does that make the ending a reconciliation or a tragedy?<br />thanks<br />GlennGlenn Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04869155065647936216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post-76984411166915852172010-09-27T17:09:16.867-07:002010-09-27T17:09:16.867-07:00IN THE WOODS and THE LIKENESS were primarily murde...IN THE WOODS and THE LIKENESS were primarily murder mysteries. FAITHFUL PLACE is an analysis of family ties and responsibilities. Irish families are generally matriarchies; I've known women who could have been the base on which the author built Frank's mother.<br /><br />Frank got away once but it isn't likely he will a second time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post-2034404449155217722010-09-27T12:13:32.072-07:002010-09-27T12:13:32.072-07:00The Donna-Tartt-like quality of the previous book ...The Donna-Tartt-like quality of the previous book could be a real litmus test. Not a positive one for me, and I'm glad Faithful Place is missing that sort of thing: it (instead) is based on a totally believable portrait of a messed-up family (where both previous books had a fantasy-like quality, each different from the other, the third book is solidly grounded in real, if grim, truth).Glenn Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04869155065647936216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post-90698939973644731092010-09-27T11:55:44.160-07:002010-09-27T11:55:44.160-07:00I have had as many people tell me it is worst book...I have had as many people tell me it is worst book as that it's her best book. Maybe you have explained why.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com