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A review by isalaur
A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny
slow-paced
3.0
It took me a long time to get through this one. I just found everyone so unlikeable. I’m at the point that the only people in the series I can stand anymore are Gamache, his wife, and Agent Lacoste. And the family at the center of this murder are despicable.
In his book Gamache and his wife are on their annual vacation celebrating their anniversary at a remote wilderness lodge not far from Three Pines. The rest of the village of Three Pines doesn’t play much of a role in this one. There is an obnoxious family here celebrating a family reunion (though god knows why) and awaiting the arrival of another son and his wife. The family has no idea who Gamache is and look upon him and his wife with disdain, referring to them as the shopkeeper and his cleaning lady wife. Imagine their surprise when, after a murder occurs on the property they find out he is the head of homicide and now the man they’ve been unforgivably rude to holds their freedom in his hands!
There’s a lot of twisty, turny, convoluted stuff going on and the story arc moves very slow. I found myself drifting and distracted a lot. Part of the problem was I didn’t really care who committed the crime.
We also get some background on Gamache and his parents. It ties in somewhat to the theme of the story but it seems extraneous. If I’d read this book first I’m not sure I’d have picked up another. For now I think I’ll take a break from the series to give it some breathing space before diving in again.
In his book Gamache and his wife are on their annual vacation celebrating their anniversary at a remote wilderness lodge not far from Three Pines. The rest of the village of Three Pines doesn’t play much of a role in this one. There is an obnoxious family here celebrating a family reunion (though god knows why) and awaiting the arrival of another son and his wife. The family has no idea who Gamache is and look upon him and his wife with disdain, referring to them as the shopkeeper and his cleaning lady wife. Imagine their surprise when, after a murder occurs on the property they find out he is the head of homicide and now the man they’ve been unforgivably rude to holds their freedom in his hands!
There’s a lot of twisty, turny, convoluted stuff going on and the story arc moves very slow. I found myself drifting and distracted a lot. Part of the problem was I didn’t really care who committed the crime.
We also get some background on Gamache and his parents. It ties in somewhat to the theme of the story but it seems extraneous. If I’d read this book first I’m not sure I’d have picked up another. For now I think I’ll take a break from the series to give it some breathing space before diving in again.