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The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny

adleekay's review against another edition

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

3.5

swinans's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

3.5

maryellen_13's review against another edition

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lighthearted mysterious reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

jess2obsess's review against another edition

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  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

juniperd's review against another edition

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4.0

i want to move to three pines and be part of the crime-solving posse of awesomeness. yep.

this is another good story from louise penny. she has a great knack in her writing. the plot - whodunit & how/why - may become obvious early on in her novels, but the characters and dynamics amongst them, along with the other threads of her stories, pull you right along and hold the reader's interest.

one 'yeah but…' the title is 'the cruelest month' but in the copy i read, it was always written 'cruellest', from the t.s. eliot poem...http://www.bartleby.com/201/1.htmla so some consistency there would have been good. or, appreciated.

glabeson's review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

I'm just not sure if this series is for me. Do I need to keep going in order to be a superfan, or would I know by now? And why all the body shaming in both this one and book 2? Not impressed by that. 

sam_anneliese's review against another edition

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

3.75

lfancher's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious 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

4.0

jbolduc96's review against another edition

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

3.0

leighgoodmark's review against another edition

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4.0

I want to move to Three Pines. I want to eat breakfast with Gabri and read in Myrna's store. I want to be friends with Clara (and tell that dope Peter to stop undermining her confidence). I want to have Ruth curse at me. And this is because Louise Penny draws characters and spaces that are so real that I can feel them. The plot of this one wasn't my favorite-the murder was a little far fetched-but that doesn't really matter because that's not why I'm reading these books.