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ellemmm3 's review for:
The Long Way Home
by Louise Penny
As always, I thoroughly enjoyed this novel by Louise Penny. The Long Way Home is another tale of twists and turns and just when you think you've figured something out the story turns in another direction.
I guess my main issue with this novel is that the entire book was about Clara's search for her husband. The usual Three Pines cast also became involved in the massive search. My issue:
So while the story was intriguing, I just couldn't get behind the reason for the "missing" Peter. And how sad that the title of the book is The Long Way Home, but Peter never makes it home at all....
I guess my main issue with this novel is that the entire book was about Clara's search for her husband. The usual Three Pines cast also became involved in the massive search. My issue:
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now knowing the end, I just feel like the entire situation could have been avoided had Peter just gotten himself to a phone and called Clara to fill her in. After a year of being apart from the apparent love of his life (and muse), he writes her a little note from a remote location and just hopes it gets to her? It didn't seem plausible to me that he would stay behind to nurse a man he hated rather than ensure Clara wasn't worrying about him. Call!So while the story was intriguing, I just couldn't get behind the reason for the "missing" Peter. And how sad that the title of the book is The Long Way Home, but Peter never makes it home at all....