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dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
In the 13th Inspector Gamache novel, Louise Penny really mixes it up! The non-linear story structure was quite different from previous books in the series. It was tricky to do, starting at the trial but not revealing the killer/the defendant until the very end. Penny totally pulled it off, as expected! This series continues to feel fresh and exciting, even this far in, because Penny isn’t really writing about murder mysteries. She’s writing about larger concepts. In this case, the conscious. How do we depend on a conscious to steer us the right way when each person’s consciousness is so different? If our conscious tells us a law is immoral, which code do we follow? There is certainly a lot of gray area here, and it was interesting to watch Gamache struggle with these questions himself.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Murder
Moderate: Drug abuse, Violence, and Stalking