1.28k reviews for:

Le loup gris

Louise Penny

4.0 AVERAGE

tfs808's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

tculley72's review against another edition

3.75

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Maybe I zoned out a bit but the discovery of the “evil plan” seemed like a leap of logic. 

katdelf's review against another edition

4.0

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Ridiculous plot but highly enjoyable 

hmailand's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

dogslife88's review against another edition

4.0

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4.5 rounded up. Hard to keep track of all the characters. Not a fan of the new narrator

k2biker's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

feministbookorm's review against another edition

3.75

dark reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I am a HUGE Louise Penny fan. She is a hugely talented, literary crime writer who combines deep character development with murder mystery. How sad that she is going down the same route of  aso many crime/murder mystery writers in that storylines veer more and more towards terrorist/conspiracy plots instead of actual crime/murder storytelling. I don't read her wonderful prose to be reminded or immersed in huge political or societal problems.Quite the contrary , I DO seek escape from those very things . Please Louise, let's have crimes solved by the wonderful three pines characters....not plots that barely mention them and just remind me how awfully frightening the world is .Sign me : disappointed literary fan . 

thetoughestdelf's review against another edition

3.0

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The one with two monasteries and a threat to the water supply. This dragged a bit for me and was also confusing.... and very little Three Pines! We're deep in international thriller territory at this point.

bretteashley's review against another edition

4.75

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

juliemills's review against another edition

2.5

dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I'm afraid the Inspector Gamache series may have run out of steam.