1.95k reviews for:

The Cruelest Month

Louise Penny

3.96 AVERAGE

dragoncodes's review against another edition

5.0

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Excellent mystery, wonderful characters, and the setting is amazing. Love this series.

lizstonehi42's review against another edition

4.0

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4.25. My favorite so far of this cozy, funny and well-written series.

ckughen's review against another edition

4.0

funny mysterious tense medium-paced

cassiev1019's review against another edition

4.0

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Another fun, easy read. The mystery waned a bit on this one, but the characters are so cozy!

re121258's review against another edition

5.0

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I discovered this series from the DorothyL reading list. The first entry , Still Life, was good so I read the second, A Fatal Grace which I also enjoyed. However, this third entry is the one where I've seemed to have fallen in love with this series and the characters involved.

Ms Penny paints a wonderful sense of place with fully developed characters. The mystery here was interesting with a bit of mysticism thrown in. I was happy to find out more information on the Arnot case which is a continuing story through all the books.

Happily I still have three more books in the series to enjoy and plan on taking my time with each one.

joniallison23's review against another edition

4.0

medium-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

juliehunt77's review against another edition

4.0

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

jlh019's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad 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: Complicated

shinyenigma's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful mysterious 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

krismoch's review against another edition

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3.5 Started off a little slow for me but really enjoyed the last 2/3rds. Another fun solid mystery by Louise Penny.