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The Cruellest Month
by Louise Penny
Did not guess the killer this time, but I feel like that's in part because the motive made zero sense? A theme with these books. It's a problem when the both the style of characterization and the main character's investigative method are so dependent on psychological approaches but none of the psychology makes sense. Gamache is portrayed as the most kind patient mentor while repeatedly being vague and condescending to his underlings. Clara is supposed to be kind but whenever she's scared she thinks about using her friends as human shields. I don't even know what to make of Beauvoir's weird, obsessive worship of his boss beyond thinking it's awfully homoerotic (and I'm not quite sure it's meant to be). Three Pines is this idyllic community that hadn't seen a murder in almost 50 years before Jane was killed and now all of a sudden three murders with deep rooted psychological motivations have happened in as many years, if not fewer, and the series only promises more murders to come. Not compatible with the psychological realism approach of the author at all. Pick one, either this is Cabot Cove and we don't bother with realistic sketches of human lives or get it right if you're going for realistic observation of human life and nature. Just made me want to read PD James, honestly.
Also people, even very well read, clever people, don't talk like people talk in this town. It's very...try hard.
Def my last of this series, it's more annoying than entertaining.
Also people, even very well read, clever people, don't talk like people talk in this town. It's very...try hard.
Def my last of this series, it's more annoying than entertaining.