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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
I’ve read some of the other comments and I feel I should clarify that I don’t rate it merely ‘ok’ because of the slow bits or because of all the talk about art. I liked the slow bits. I find the bits about art very well written, better then most authors I've read who try this sort of thing. Some chapters were very funny.
It’s the ending I find unsatisfying. There are quite a few loose threads that are just left hanging: Are they important? No. But the author made them seem mysterious for shorter or longer passages, and as a reader I feel betrayed if in the end there is no explanation whatsoever of these admittedly unimportant side-mysteries. Say what you want about red herrings, without them, Death on the Nile wouldn't be as brilliant as it is; but there's no way aroud the obligation as an author to give a plausible explanation for your red herrings, however briefly.
It’s the ending I find unsatisfying. There are quite a few loose threads that are just left hanging:
Spoiler
Scotland, Vachon's Behaviour, Peter's letter …
Another good one but not as great as the last two. This review might contain spoilers if you haven't read the last one yet so consider this your fair warning.
In this one, Gamache is in retirement but decides to take on a case anyway to help out a friend. That friend just happens to be Clara and the case is searching for her husband Peter who didn't return on the one year anniversary of their separation as they agreed. Beauvoir joins them in the search through art schools, cults, and Quebec countryside.
Overall it's a good read with most of the folks in Three Pines making appearances and an interesting, well-paced plot with plenty of twists and turns. Bechdel Test: Pass
In this one, Gamache is in retirement but decides to take on a case anyway to help out a friend. That friend just happens to be Clara and the case is searching for her husband Peter who didn't return on the one year anniversary of their separation as they agreed. Beauvoir joins them in the search through art schools, cults, and Quebec countryside.
Overall it's a good read with most of the folks in Three Pines making appearances and an interesting, well-paced plot with plenty of twists and turns. Bechdel Test: Pass
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
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:
Yes
I was not prepared for this installment …. At first I thought it was just going to be a quiet trip to Three Pines. But wow what a punch at the end - Louise Penny always brings things together in a way that touches me. Every single time!!!
This was a departure from the previous Inspector Gamache books in a number of ways - it involved searching for a missing person, and it’s the first book after Gamache retired from the Surete. It was a quieter book in many ways, and it took a bit longer for me to get into it than some of the previous books, but the ending was quite the roller coaster.
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-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:
Complicated
Rating: 🥰/5
Thoughts: This one sucked me all in and the pages just flipped themselves.
Format: 📖
Source: series
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
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
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-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:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated