Review: The Wych Elm

The Wych Elm by Tana French
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

MY REVIEW


Toby is one of those lucky people, he always lands on his feet no matter what scrapes he gets into. However, this is about to change, he knew an artist was bogus but didn’t tell his boss.......he got found out, his home is broken into and he is beaten so badly he ends up in hospital in a bad way.


Toby is then questioned about the robbery, and feels he is treated as the perpetrator and not the victim. Then he hears that his uncle has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.

So to come to terms with his new situation and to help in the care of his uncle, Toby moves back to the family home, with his girlfriend. A couple of his cousins are also there and they find a skull in the garden, and this is where Toby’ luck goes from bad to worse.


This is not a fast paced tale and it details Toby’s trauma, physical and psychological, in a sympathetic and realistic way, but I didn’t really like him, I felt this was intentional so you just don’t know who to trust....compelling writing and very clever. Just shows how reaching our actions can be to our lives and those of others, and the consequences of such.




I would like to thank the Author/the Publishers/NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book for free in exchange for a fair and honest review

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