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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
Armand Gamache is one of my favorite literary characters. Penny has a way of writing ordinary moments extraordinarily and describing a character uniquely and effectively. It’s difficult to take notes from audiobooks, but here are a few that illustrate what I mean:
“He [Gamache] carried calm with him as other men walk alone.”
“Her clothes seemed to have a grudge against her.”
“Elliot might not be a natural waiter, but he had an uncanny ability to see people’s faults and magnify them and mock them. It was a gift not everyone would find attractive.”
“He [Gamache] carried calm with him as other men walk alone.”
“Her clothes seemed to have a grudge against her.”
“Elliot might not be a natural waiter, but he had an uncanny ability to see people’s faults and magnify them and mock them. It was a gift not everyone would find attractive.”
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Another great installment of this series. Satisfying through and through.
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
I really enjoyed this -- kept me wondering all the way to the end. I hope to read more of Armand Gamache in the future.
I'm always satisfied at the end of an Armand Gamache book. I thought I had the suspects narrowed down this time, but I still didn't choose correctly in the end! I'm always a little surprised with the twists.
Armand and Reine-Marie Gamache are celebrating their wedding anniversary at Manoir Bellechasse, an isolated, luxurious inn. Every year they visit to celebrate and this year they are kept company by a well-off, well-known family. This family is there to honor the patriarch's memory by erecting a massive statue in one of the gardens of the inn. Throughout the week Armand and Reine-Marie spend time with the various family members and keep hearing about Spot and Claire, whom everyone seems to be dreading the arrival of. When Spot and Claire finally arrive, the Chief Inspector and his wife are surprised to discover Spot is Peter Morrow and Claire is Clara Morrow, his wife! For their part, Peter and Clara are relieved to have friendly faces at this dreaded family reunion.
When a murder interrupts Gamache's respite from investigating death, thinking about death, and all things death he calls in his team and sends Reine-Marie down the road to Three Pines and Gabri and Olivier's B&B. He doesn't know what, or who, has murdered and doesn't want his wife caught in the crosshairs.
As Gamache and his team begin to have conversations with the Morrow/Finney family and those who work at the inn it becomes evident that the family is layered with complex relationships, a lot of passive aggressive anger, a lot of hurts, and no ability to communicate successfully about much of anything. To add to the tension, it seems that several of the employees at the inn are hiding things about themselves and their pasts - do any of those secrets factor into the murder that has happened? Gamache and his team will not rest until they figure it all out.
This was good. It dragged a bit in parts for me but overall it was good. I really like the character development Penny is taking not just Gamache through but his team and some of the main characters of Three Pines. Although in this particular title, the character development Penny gave Beauvoir was confusing to me. I think she explained it at the end but I still left the story feeling a little confused about him and his current "status." However, perhaps that is just me. This is a really enjoyable series, I'm glad I finally got started on it.
When a murder interrupts Gamache's respite from investigating death, thinking about death, and all things death he calls in his team and sends Reine-Marie down the road to Three Pines and Gabri and Olivier's B&B. He doesn't know what, or who, has murdered and doesn't want his wife caught in the crosshairs.
As Gamache and his team begin to have conversations with the Morrow/Finney family and those who work at the inn it becomes evident that the family is layered with complex relationships, a lot of passive aggressive anger, a lot of hurts, and no ability to communicate successfully about much of anything. To add to the tension, it seems that several of the employees at the inn are hiding things about themselves and their pasts - do any of those secrets factor into the murder that has happened? Gamache and his team will not rest until they figure it all out.
This was good. It dragged a bit in parts for me but overall it was good. I really like the character development Penny is taking not just Gamache through but his team and some of the main characters of Three Pines. Although in this particular title, the character development Penny gave Beauvoir was confusing to me. I think she explained it at the end but I still left the story feeling a little confused about him and his current "status." However, perhaps that is just me. This is a really enjoyable series, I'm glad I finally got started on it.