Whoopee!
I started slowly, wanting to savor it.
I even got to a point where I thought, if this is the way it's going, I'm not sure I want to read any further.
Then a major change of direction (and there were all these flashback type explanations well done this time.) I didn't get confused about which time I was reading about, like has happened in a few of her earlier books. I had not paid enough attention to the where (names) or some detail that showed that this was in the past, or this was in the now.
SO...I finished it in 4 days. I had a whole day without anything scheduled. I won't say I stayed in my pj's but pretty close. I did move around for different sitting postures. I thought, maybe the last 20 pages I could put off till tomorrow.
No way! So I slept soundly that night, not a concern in my brain, because Gamache had once again prevailed against the forces of evil!
I've now watched the first four Three Pines episodes. A book is divided into 2 parts, or episodes. It's pretty close to the original stories, but the director/producer chose to focus on the Indigenous people's problems and I just don't remember that being the focus of the first 2 books. It was certainly in the background, but here if you look at the airtime given to it, it's almost more important than finding the murderer. Of course the murderers were related to the Indigenous people's problems, so maybe I'm just off track. You know I'll watch till the end of this season!
And I won't presume to put anyone else's quote here, and Louise's work is all copywrighted, so you'll just have to go read one of her books. I got my first 10 at the library.
...I have always been curious about curiosities.
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ReplyDeleteI was able to reserve this new book from my library and finished it in 2 days. I also watched the Three Pines series on Amazon. It is different from the book, but I still enjoyed the TV episodes. Take care, enjoy your day!
Glad to know you liked both!
DeleteI have this one on hold too at the library. I do enjoy her writing style. Can't wait to read it.
ReplyDeleteI agree, and I dare say libraries made a good impact on her sales right off the bat!
DeleteI will have to give her a try. She's a new name to me. Thank you for the review.
ReplyDeleteGlad to share something/someone I enjoy so much! Hope you like her. When someone first told me about her series, they said it didn't matter if you didn't start with the first one, as many of the flash-backs add to the story in each new edition.
DeleteI've never read her books but my wife has and she liked them.
ReplyDeleteThat's ok by me. Glad you wife likes Penny's books.
DeleteGood that you enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I have purchase just the last 5 or so. Not sure if I'll read them again...which is the reasoning behind the outlay of bucks for books.
DeleteWe have it on audio. I’ll wait for SUe to read it first because two reading the same book on different devices can get confusing.
ReplyDeleteI guess I like the tv series, but it is so different. Besides changing the plot, even the characters are different even though they have the same names and roughly function the same way.
Yup are quite allowed to throw in quotes here and there. You can’t copy and paste significant portions. At least that’s the way here.
Glad you have the audio. I enjoyed hearing the proper pronunciations of French phrases when listening to several of the books from the library.
ReplyDeleteThe TV series has lots of French mumble mouths...so I'm glad they have English Captions available. It even helps on English when they get to talking fast, or when the Indigenous people talk. Now I'll have to pay more attention to which characters have the names from the books, but have been changed.