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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
reflective
relaxing
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
Best of the first three.
a little slow, but cozy and ultimately satisfying. that said I forgot to review this when I actually finished it, and a few weeks later, I cannot remember who the murderer was, so that says something!
Another great Three Pines mystery! I feel like I guessed correctly who the murderer was very early in this one, and the murder investigation felt like more of a secondary plot. Much more exciting was the reveals about the Arnot case, Brébeuf and Lemieux and Nichol. I read the pivotal reveal scene a few times, loving the surprise and redirections as we piece together who was a double agent and who they really answered to.
I really hate Clara’s husband Peter, and his obvious jealousy of her. I can't wait for this to become a main storyline, and wish Clara would kick Peter to the curb! ''Tell me what you think?' She whisked the sheet off the easel and there it was again. The most beautiful painting he'd ever seen. It was so beautiful it hurt. Yes.
That was it. The pain he felt came from outside himself.
Not inside. No. 'It's astonishing, Clara! He took her hand and looked into her clear, blue eyes. 'It's the best thing you've done. I'm so proud of you.' Clara's mouth opened but no words came out. She'd waited all her artistic life for Peter to understand, to 'get', one of her works. To see more than paint on a canvas. To actually feel it. [...] 'But are the colors quite right?' Peter leaned into the easel then stepped back, not looking at her.
Well, I'm sure they are. You know what you're doing!"
I loved how Myrna introduced Armand to the concept of near enemies: "The near enemy. It's a psychological concept. Two emotions that look the same but are actually opposites. The one parades as the other, is mistake for the other. but one is health and the other's sick, twisted. […] Attachment masquerades as Love, Pity as Compassion and Indifference as Equanimity.’”
[Spoilers] It was wild to start seeing how horrific the Arnot case was, the evil and racism of what that group of officers was doing to the indigenous population of what is now called Quebec. “‘That man Arnot killed people. Killed the very people he was supposed to help. Why? Because they were natives, full of despair and sniff. And the one man who put a stop to it, who had the balls to stand up to Arnot and the entire Sûreté hierarchy, they tried to destroy too. Arnot's psychotic, and I don't say that lightly. I know the signs. I've diagnosed and worked with psychotic people for years. Don't you get it?' She looked at Peter and Clara then leaned over and picked up Peter's paper, slapping it back down on the table, as though punishing it.
'It's not over. The Arnot case is still going on.'
“It started quietly at first. Violence on native reserves unchecked. Murders unreported. Arnot had decided if the natives wanted to kill themselves and each other then it should be considered an internal issue and not interfered with? […] Boys shot each other and themselves. Girls were raped and beaten to death. Perhaps calling the Sûreté post desperate for help and getting no answer. And the officers, almost always a kid on his or her first assignment, were they staring at the phone with a smile knowing they'd satisfied their boss? One fewer savage. Or were they scared to death themselves? Knowing that more than a young native was being killed. They too were dying.”
I really hate Clara’s husband Peter, and his obvious jealousy of her. I can't wait for this to become a main storyline, and wish Clara would kick Peter to the curb! ''Tell me what you think?' She whisked the sheet off the easel and there it was again. The most beautiful painting he'd ever seen. It was so beautiful it hurt. Yes.
That was it. The pain he felt came from outside himself.
Not inside. No. 'It's astonishing, Clara! He took her hand and looked into her clear, blue eyes. 'It's the best thing you've done. I'm so proud of you.' Clara's mouth opened but no words came out. She'd waited all her artistic life for Peter to understand, to 'get', one of her works. To see more than paint on a canvas. To actually feel it. [...] 'But are the colors quite right?' Peter leaned into the easel then stepped back, not looking at her.
Well, I'm sure they are. You know what you're doing!"
I loved how Myrna introduced Armand to the concept of near enemies: "The near enemy. It's a psychological concept. Two emotions that look the same but are actually opposites. The one parades as the other, is mistake for the other. but one is health and the other's sick, twisted. […] Attachment masquerades as Love, Pity as Compassion and Indifference as Equanimity.’”
[Spoilers] It was wild to start seeing how horrific the Arnot case was, the evil and racism of what that group of officers was doing to the indigenous population of what is now called Quebec. “‘That man Arnot killed people. Killed the very people he was supposed to help. Why? Because they were natives, full of despair and sniff. And the one man who put a stop to it, who had the balls to stand up to Arnot and the entire Sûreté hierarchy, they tried to destroy too. Arnot's psychotic, and I don't say that lightly. I know the signs. I've diagnosed and worked with psychotic people for years. Don't you get it?' She looked at Peter and Clara then leaned over and picked up Peter's paper, slapping it back down on the table, as though punishing it.
'It's not over. The Arnot case is still going on.'
“It started quietly at first. Violence on native reserves unchecked. Murders unreported. Arnot had decided if the natives wanted to kill themselves and each other then it should be considered an internal issue and not interfered with? […] Boys shot each other and themselves. Girls were raped and beaten to death. Perhaps calling the Sûreté post desperate for help and getting no answer. And the officers, almost always a kid on his or her first assignment, were they staring at the phone with a smile knowing they'd satisfied their boss? One fewer savage. Or were they scared to death themselves? Knowing that more than a young native was being killed. They too were dying.”
slow-paced
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
funny
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
The plot didn't make a whole lot of sense. If you were going to murder a woman by stressing her heart, would you painstakingly set up all the pieces for a seemingly spur-of-the-moment seance? Why not just buy them a stationary bike? And why on Earth would there ever be an autopsy?
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
I wasn't as thrilled with this Inspector Gamache book as I have been with others, although I loved the ending.
This one was my favorite so far. I just love everything about Inspector Gamache and the village of Three Pines. The mystery was fantastic in this book, I literally couldn’t put it down.