This one show received bad reviews and generated a social media backlash #claramorrowsux. Clara devolves into a histrionic Drama Queen, who somehow ruins her career-completely-with one show featuring a series of miniature paintings.
Twice in the book, Myrna is said to be lowering herself on her ample/large backside. Or worse, like a bad editor trying to write a book for client.Ĭharacters became caricatures and behaved in ridiculous, juvenile ways. Unfortunately, none of that thoughtfulness and care made its way into this book. The twists were authentic, believable and they played out methodically. Every word, scene and bit of dialogue was carefully crafted. Until this mess of a book appeared, the author treated each character lovingly and never rushed the narrative. Throughout the book, all I kept thinking was Whats the rush? Review #2 A Better Man audiobook in series Chief Inspector Gamache/Three Pines My thanks to Minotaur and Edelweiss for an eArc. But as a new reader be prepared to feel compelled to buy the first in the series, A Still Life, and put it near the top of your to-be-read list.
This book, like the others, can be read as a standalone because Penny gives enough information so the new reader isnt left in the dark. There is never enough time or space to sing the praises of Pennys characters or her storylines. Gamache must deal with the rain, sleet, snow, rising rivers, a distraught father, an unlikable husband, and his own thoughts and feelings. Gamache is assigned the case more to get him out of the building and away from Quebec than because its a high-profile matter. And there is a missing pregnant woman who may have been murdered by her abusive husband. Its spring and the ice and snow on the rivers are beginning to melt and the rivers are rising, including the river running at the back door of Three Pines, where Gamache and his wife live. For the time being, he answers to Jean-Guy Beauvoir, a man Gamache mentored when Beauvoir was a new agent. There is a vicious smear campaign on social media beating him up over events that occurred in the previous book. In this outing, Armand Gamache has been demoted to Chief Inspector at the Surete du Quebec. There arent enough words to describe her writing so Ill settle for complex and lyrical. To say that Penny is an amazing writer is putting it mildly.
It is amazing that this series over the course of fifteen books is consistently well-written, never gets stale, has complex storylines, and the characters stay consistent across the books.
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