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The Likeness

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The Likeness

By: Tana French
Narrated by: Heather O'Neill
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New York Times best-selling author Tana French, author of the forthcoming novel The Searcher, is “[T]he most important crime novelist to emerge in the past 10 years” (The Washington Post) and “[I]nspires cultic devotion in readers” (The New Yorker).

“Required reading for anyone who appreciates tough, unflinching intelligence and ingenious plotting.” (The New York Times)

Now airing as a Starz series.

In the “[C]ompellingˮ (The Boston Globe) and “[P]itch perfectˮ (Entertainment Weekly) follow-up to Tana French’s runaway best seller In the Woods, Cassie Maddox has transferred out of the Dublin Murder Squad - until an urgent telephone call brings her back to an eerie crime scene.

The victim looks exactly like Cassie and carries ID identifying herself as Alexandra Madison, an alias Cassie once used as an undercover cop. Suddenly, Cassie is back undercover, to find out not only who killed this young woman, but, more importantly, who she was.

The Likeness is a supremely suspenseful story exploring the nature of identity and belonging.

©2008 Tana French (P)2018 Penguin Audio
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Critic reviews

“[Tana French] aces her second novel. The Likeness [is a] nearly pitch-perfect follow-up to her 2007 debut thriller, In the Woods.” (Entertainment Weekly)

“Tana French puts a clever twist on every lonely child’s fantasy of leading a parallel life when she creates an alternate identity for her detective in The Likeness.... Cassie is a character - the eternal lost child - you can really care about.” (New York Times Book Review)

“The writing is glorious, and the characters and drama so compelling.” (The Boston Globe)

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Unbelievable

Loved the character. Love the narrative voice. Have read and loved all of Tana French's series ....even more in audible than on the page. But find the situation central to the plot of The Likeness (which precedes most of the others published so far) required more suspension of disbelief than I can muster.

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I absolutely loved this - but there are problems.

I know it's odd to give 5 stars overall with 4 for story and 4 for performance, but I just reacted so emotionally to the story that I couldn't help it.

The story is really interesting, and a fun idea, but is completely unfeasible. I hate it when people put spoilers in reviews, so I'll just say that there are no 2 people on the planet that look enough alike to fool intimate friends/housemates. There are several frustrating "why didn't she just do this" or "why don't they just tell this story to explain that" moments, and there are times when things seem to run on a little too long. The genius here is in the depiction of the relationships and interactions. The writing is just so wonderful. The Tana French books are so much more than murder mystery books. The descriptions of the relationships and the feelings and the looks and the settings are so good that you end up in the middle of the story. We all have these occasional, indescribable relationships that are more than close, more than friendship or family and this author knows exactly how to put them on paper.

The narrator is good. She has a pleasant soothing voice. I'm not Irish, so I have no opinion on the accent or it's authenticity. Not a huge fan of the way some of the male voices were done. Overall smooth reading and pleasant to listen to.

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AMAZING STORY!

This is the kind of story I think about often and deeply. It is a stunning piece of work. SO complex and nuanced. Simply amazing. Emotional, intelligent, profound insight into human nature.

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LOVED IT!

Such a great story and interesting characters that I cared so much about. Made me cry in the end. Didn’t want this book to be done. Loved it.

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Should be on “TV”!

Luv Tana French!
On her game!!Not the same detective story line. You become the character!
You go undercover to the “mystery house on the hill” with four college mates to only uncover a much more then “who dun it” story.. but an interwoven friendship that draws the reader in.

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Ridiculous premise but I still listened

Only in fiction could this story be told. The reader must go along with the author’s silly idea that such an unlikely event could ever take place. That being said, the author worked very hard to dot her i’s and cross all her t’s to try and make it realistically possible. Once the reader accepts the impossible, a pretty imaginable story is waiting to be heard. 4 stars to the writer to dare the impossible.

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entrancing

this is interesting because it has twists and turns but the beauty is in the relationships built and the dreamlike quality this book has. excellent mystery, excellent narrative... a joy to listen to

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Masterful

French can weave an intriguing plot with beautiful metaphors and deep insights . Another example of her amazing talent !

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A Masterpiece of Writing and Interpretation

This was my first Audible experience and it was a great one. Tana French's literary style is elegant and colorful, lyrical and poetic at times. The narrator was well equal to the writer in terms of artistry, delivering the dialog of men and women in different but highly consistent voices. Even singing when they sang.

The narrative had the lilt, dramatic emphasis, and creative use of language that the Irish bring to English.

The plot was original, the characters three dimensional and fully realized. I don't want to spoil it by giving any of it away

This book will be a hard act to follow, but I am looking forward to reading the remaining novels in the Dublin Murder Squad series. I recommend they be read in the order they were written, as I am doing. You will get the most out of them.

Good on ye, Tana and Heather!








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Surprisingly good.

The performance was great. The characters were brilliant. Once it took of I couldn't get enough.

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