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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Clara and Peter are probably my least favorite characters in the series so when I found out that they were the center of this book I wasn't looking forward to it.....and my opinion remains the same after reading, haha. Clara is an insufferable Karen who thinks she's smarter than she is. And Peter is just not very interesting tbh.
The pacing here was interesting. The book started out so fast! so much dialogue! so interesting! then we spend like 100 pages turning pictures various ways and doing...not so much. Then the end felt rushed and quite truly out of nowhere. Also, low key calling Annie ugly in every book is hella shady and Penny needs to stop. Ma'am no one wants to be called "sturdy".
The pacing here was interesting. The book started out so fast! so much dialogue! so interesting! then we spend like 100 pages turning pictures various ways and doing...not so much. Then the end felt rushed and quite truly out of nowhere. Also, low key calling Annie ugly in every book is hella shady and Penny needs to stop. Ma'am no one wants to be called "sturdy".
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Louise Penny gets a little lost in her over romanticising of artists, and without spoiling anything, makes the same mistake at the end as she did in her last book: having a huge event happen, but immediately wrapping things up so suddenly and briefly that the main characters have no time to breathe. I also think the ending is very unsatisfying. Enjoyed the read for the most part, but I think this is the worst of the series yet.
I love this series, but this one not nearly as good as the others. If you haven’t read the others, don’t start with this one! Won’t say more, so as to avoid spoilers.
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
While others didn't like this because it was too "character-based", that was the reason I loved it. It was also the last one read by the awesome narrator, Ralph Cosham.
challenging
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Gamache has retired and now he and his wife are living in Three Pines hoping for a quiet and peaceful life. Oh, but it's not to be. Clara's estranged husband has gone missing, and knowing that Gamache cannot pass up a puzzle put to him, asks for his help.
This mystery was a departure from the typical Inspector Gamache mysteries. Peter Morrow has gone missing and his estranged wife wants to find him. This journey will take Gamache, Beauvoir, Clara, and Myrna travel to a wild and remote part of Quebec to see if all the hints and leads lead them to Peter.
Written with the same impact as her other mysteries, this one for me lead up to a conclusion that was sort of a let down. The story is brilliantly told and I fall more in love with Gamache with each book, I just wish the climax and conclusion had held the same type of tension that everything that had led up to it had held.
This mystery was a departure from the typical Inspector Gamache mysteries. Peter Morrow has gone missing and his estranged wife wants to find him. This journey will take Gamache, Beauvoir, Clara, and Myrna travel to a wild and remote part of Quebec to see if all the hints and leads lead them to Peter.
Written with the same impact as her other mysteries, this one for me lead up to a conclusion that was sort of a let down. The story is brilliantly told and I fall more in love with Gamache with each book, I just wish the climax and conclusion had held the same type of tension that everything that had led up to it had held.