[REVIEW] Faithful Place

Faithful Place by Tana French
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

What I think Tana French does really well in this Dublin Murder Squad series is the fact that we´ve met all protagonists in the previous books, so it´s like we already have a relationship with them and in each book we get to know them better...
In this particular book, I cared for Rosie and Francis, I cared for the whole Mackie family who has been trapped in the consequences of alcoholism for their entire lives...
I won´t give away anything from the plot, just say that it is a nice entertaining story to read on raining sunday afternoons or at the beach.


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[REVIEW] Good Talk

Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This was excellent! Super easy to read, engaging, original and addressing the hot topic of race. Really loved and recommend it to everyone!

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[REVIEW] NW

NW by Zadie Smith
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is my first novel from Zadie Smith and I have seen many reviews stating that Smith's best work are essays not novels. I think I understand why -- this book is not completely easy, in particular for a non-native. It changes structure several times, it introduces us to a character that we end up liking, to later not referring to him again at all... Was that really needed? Maybe yes, to show how everyone knew everyone in that NW neighbourhood...
It also explores the lives of 2 girls, best friends, where 1 is able to be herself with her best-friend, but the other ends up having a (somewhat weird) parallel life. All this is shown, not told, so I think I understood the reasons, but I'll never be sure. Also, the end of the book does not bring closure to many topics and I got the feeling of something almost done but not completed... I cannot explain it better than this...
Basically, I think I got it (but I am not sure LOL) still, I really liked it, enough for a 4 stars rating :-) however, I would definitely NOT recommend this book to everyone.

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