The Poison Tree

Had I not brought this back from London I don't think I would have finished. A very dull read, not the gripping suspense it's touted as. Don't bother. Guess I'm still on the lookout for a great suspense novel to pass the time until the next Tana French comes out.

Fast-paced thriller that has excellent character development, which so many plot-driven thrillers lack. Enjoyable if you're a fan of Gillian Flynn, Kate Atkinson and Tana French.

The one thing that annoyed me about this book was the constant teasing about what was to come. The narrator has a secret, and she wants you to know she has one, so she keeps reminding you of it, even though you know you won't find out what the secret is until the very end. It's kind of like watching a movie when someone has told you to expect “a twist,” and then you're distracted, looking for the twist, trying to figure out what it might be. In this book, the foreshadowing felt heavy handed and unnecessary. I would've kept reading anyway just for the characters.