Armand Gamache

“who hurt you once before, so far beyond repair”

The Nature of the Beast (Inspector Gamache #11) by Louise Penny

February 17, 2019 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

This is my first Inspector Gamache book without narrator Ralph Cosham. It took me a bit to get used to hearing Gamache’s voice in my own head without the aid of Cosham, but after ten books Cosham is Gamache’s voice for me and once I got started it all worked itself out. The tenth book, The Long Way Home, was a departure for both Penny and her characters and in some important ways this book is a return to form. We have at the core of this book a mystery set within the greater environs of Three Pines which opens […]

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2/17/2019 | faintingviolet's CBR11 Review No:9 |

Impending Doom

The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny

July 28, 2017 by Ellesfena 2 Comments

The fifth book in the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series, The Brutal Telling is a murder mystery that takes place in the small town of Three Pines, where a man no one seems to recognize has turned up dead in the local cafe. The Brutal Telling has all the hallmarks of the series: an outsider is murdered, the peace of Three Pines is shattered, Inspector Gamache bestows his beatific smile on those who deserve it and saves the day. But for reasons unrelated to the quality of these books, I’m starting to struggle with them a bit. The Inspector Gamache […]

7/28/2017 Ellesfena's CBR9 Review No:34 |

A Gamache Novella

The Hangman by Louise Penny

March 31, 2017 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

A moment of fair warning: I did not enjoy this Gamache story very much. However, I have come to find out that it was written for a good cause, and I feel a bit of an asshat for not enjoying it. Louise Penny wrote the book for an initiative put on by ABC Life Literacy Canada, which aims to increase life literacy skills. The Good Reads program specifically aims to have inexpensive and short books anyone learning English or English speakers learning to read later in life. For more information, Louise Penny has you covered. So this book wasn’t for […]

3/31/2017 faintingviolet's CBR9 Review No:18 |

A Quebecois Poirot

Still Life by Louise Penny

July 28, 2016 by Ellesfena Leave a Comment

In the tiny town of Three Pines, the body of Jane Neal is discovered in the woods. Miss Jane was beloved by her neighbors, many of whom are her former students. It appears that her death was a hunting accident, but when Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is assigned to the case, he begins to think it may have been on purpose. There are few things in life that are cozier than laying on the couch under a blanket, reading a British murder mystery. Still Life actually takes place in Quebec, but it hits all the British cozy notes. Eccentric, appealing […]

7/28/2016 Ellesfena's CBR8 Review No:36 |

A quiet little mystery.

Still Life (Inspector Gamache #1) by Louise Penny

September 4, 2015 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

Here we have a delightful convergence of events: Ms. Was wrote a review about a mystery series she loves a few weeks ago and the first book of that same series was on sale on Audible at nearly the same time. There are few easier reading decisions than this one – Yes! First in the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series is Still Life. Inspector Gamache is part of the Surêté du Québec. He and his team of investigators find themselves called to the scene of a suspicious death in a rural village south of Montreal. The death is that of […]

9/4/2015 faintingviolet's CBR7 Review No:70 |

narfna on Officially the weirdest book i have read in the past 8 years.This does sound extremely weird, but I enjoyed reading about it! Probably not enough to read the book though.
vel veeter on Officially the weirdest book i have read in the past 8 years.Have you read Noggin, though?
vel veeter on Officially the weirdest book i have read in the past 8 years.To be fair: Grasshopper Jungle is super weird!
narfna on I’m not sure Alyssa Cole’s contemporaries are my kind of thingI don't think her contemporaries are really for me, either. But for some reason, this one really worked for me! I think a lot of...
badkittyuno on Waiting for the companion albumYou're right about the reviewer. That definitely got an eye-roll from me. But yes, I would love an album!

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