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Le loup gris

Louise Penny

4.0 AVERAGE

dlei's review against another edition

3.5

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

de23's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

idahovic's review against another edition

3.0

I really enjoyed Louise Penny's "The Grey Wolf." It is a better-than-most beach read. Penny builds the plot, fills out her characters, and ratchets up tension smoothly, without ever calling attention to herself. It felt very "natural" to read. ("natural" isn't really a good word here - maybe "easily digestible"?) "The Grey Wolf" is never cute, nor does it demand extraordinary attention be paid just to keep characters straight. It is pretty straight forward reading, never trying to be more than the detective novel it is.

Penny's Chief Inspector Armand is a fun and interesting character. I gather he is the subject of most of Penny's fiction work. While I enjoyed "The Grey Wolf" and appreciate Penny's considerable talent I don't know that I would seek out another "Inspector Armand" novel. While enjoyable, "The Grey Wolf" isn't going to be mistaken for the Great Canadian Novel.