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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
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.
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Not a huge fan of all the spiritualistic stuff, but love some of the characters.and found the overarching conspiracy plot engrossing.
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Reading this third book shed alot of light on plot points in the Netflix Three Pines series. We also get the culmination of Yvette Nichols' standoffish behavior and some stirrings from an old case that brought Gamache the ire of his fellow Surete officers.
We're also back in Three Pines where Gamache uncovers, with his trademarked listening, walking around the village, eating of bread slathered with pate and drinking hot drinks in Olivier's Bistro with various community members, another murder resulting from long-buried resentment.
This time is a newer resident (we don't hear much about the suspects and victims from prior books other than oblique references to the Hadley House being saturated with sadness and the spectre of death) who dies, but once again Gamache, his lieutenant Beauvoir, and trust Lacoste are on the case.
I'm still enjoying this peek into Quebecois / Anglo life as well as Montreal references (my daughter attends McGill as USA student). The author is still fairly heavy handed with Gamache's deep depths of empathy, courage, and philosophical bent. There's a kind of heavy preachiness at times, coupled with some really selfish awful behavior even amongst well loved Three Pines residents not suspects of murder that chafe somewhat.
Still, I am charmed by it all and will keep going. We get more insight into Gamache's children, the incident that made him a Surete outcast, as well as Bro-mance development with him and Beauvoir.
We're also back in Three Pines where Gamache uncovers, with his trademarked listening, walking around the village, eating of bread slathered with pate and drinking hot drinks in Olivier's Bistro with various community members, another murder resulting from long-buried resentment.
This time is a newer resident (we don't hear much about the suspects and victims from prior books other than oblique references to the Hadley House being saturated with sadness and the spectre of death) who dies, but once again Gamache, his lieutenant Beauvoir, and trust Lacoste are on the case.
I'm still enjoying this peek into Quebecois / Anglo life as well as Montreal references (my daughter attends McGill as USA student). The author is still fairly heavy handed with Gamache's deep depths of empathy, courage, and philosophical bent. There's a kind of heavy preachiness at times, coupled with some really selfish awful behavior even amongst well loved Three Pines residents not suspects of murder that chafe somewhat.
Still, I am charmed by it all and will keep going. We get more insight into Gamache's children, the incident that made him a Surete outcast, as well as Bro-mance development with him and Beauvoir.
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
The writing style knocks me out. So many passages to highlight
So good. Just so good. I don´t know why this series is not more revered. Maybe it has something to do with it being written by a woman, who knows?
There is a background story that has been brewing in the previous books (this is the third book in the series) and it becomes front and center in this book. The suspense of this background story is no less than the suspense of the crime that is being solved.
What is really special about these books is the emphasis on the arts, both visual art and poetry is front and center (the title comes from T.S. Eliot poem) and focus on contentment vs. blind ambition, etc., etc.
Just a pure gem and an enjoyable read.
There is a background story that has been brewing in the previous books (this is the third book in the series) and it becomes front and center in this book. The suspense of this background story is no less than the suspense of the crime that is being solved.
What is really special about these books is the emphasis on the arts, both visual art and poetry is front and center (the title comes from T.S. Eliot poem) and focus on contentment vs. blind ambition, etc., etc.
Just a pure gem and an enjoyable read.