Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Murder Stone by Louise Penny

6 reviews

kerryamchugh's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse and Murder

sakaloar's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Emotional abuse, War, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, Death, Car accident, and Gaslighting

sparklefarm's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

Another solid entry in the Inspector Gamache universe. Really taking time to add layers to some of our main characters, which I really enjoy. I did think it would almost be a locked door/locked inn mystery but we had to go back to Three Pines I suppose. Also despite the murder, I very much want to stay at this inn. A ... interesting take on

raising a kid without gender, but the motivations were seriously twisted. But I guess even presenting it as an option was more than I thought about in 2007.

Another thing -

they keep hinting at things like "What is up with Peter, he definitely has the temperament to be a murderer," and I don't not agree. 👀 What. Is. Going. To. Happen. Many books left to see!!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying and Murder

franklola's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death, Eating disorder, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, and Violence

le3713's review against another edition

mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder

katypicken's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

 The setting for this book - a luxury hotel in the middle of the countryside - left me wanting to go there (sans murder, of course). The food - oh my goodness, the food! Not to mention the attentive staff, library, luxurious beds... But it was nice to return to Three Pines now and again too.
As usual in these books (so far at least), the characters drive the story, and there's a great cast of them here. As well as Gamache and his team, there's the complicated (and frankly weird) family at the centre of the murder mystery, the staff of the hotel, and the now familiar residents of Three Pines. The author throws in several nice red herrings, and there's some more backstory about Inspector Gamache's family and his relationship with Jean-Guy Beauvoir, which I enjoyed.
I found the denouement of this story a little less satisfactory than that of the previous books, but still a book I would thoroughly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder