Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny

6 reviews

skbat's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Kidnapping, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Cursing, Murder, and Classism

Minor: Drug use and Religious bigotry

sparklefarm's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

This is the first Gamache book that has devastated me. It was a knife to the heart from the jump and then continued twisting. Louise (we're on a first-name basis now apparently) knows that if we're reading about Three Pines in order, we're deeply attached to Gamache, and she writes about his pain in a way that is palpable.

As for the Three Pines portion of the story......well. Was there such a backlash to The Brutal Telling that something had to be done to correct it? Inquiring minds want to know. It just seems a tad too tidy to have a course reversal in the very next book. But I'm also not mad about it 😂

And I enjoyed the little historical mystery as well! Even though if the library had been properly catalogued we wouldn't have faced half as much trouble as we did.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping and Murder

franklola's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Kidnapping, Death, Gun violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Death of parent and Grief

kimveach's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Outstanding storytelling.   Three different storylines are woven together so skillfully to create a book that is satisfying from the beginning until the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Death, Medical trauma, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

katypicken's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Gamache is in Quebec City, supposedly recovering from a traumatic event which left him physically and mentally scarred. But of course he gets involved in investigating a crime. As usual, the characterisation and insights into the character's feelings and motivations is wonderful and the settings are atmospheric. There's a welcome detour or two to Three Pines and hints of more trouble to come. I love this series.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Murder, and Gun violence

racheliswriting's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicide attempt, and Murder