cheriekg 's review for:

The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny

3.0

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I am helpless in the face of these books, which I continue to read because they are intriguing but continue to be annoyed by because they are so unsatisfying. Some characters are carefully and deliberately drawn, some are buffoonish caricatures. The mysteries are 75% interesting, 25% patently ridiculous. It's a cozy little town where people joke about having so many murders but also a haven for creative geniuses. It's exhausting.

Fine, I'll read the sixth.