by Louise Penny
Hennepin County Library audiobook 10 CDs
Published: 2014
read by: Ralph Cosham
Genre: murder mystery
Ann has recently discovered Penny's Inspector Gamache. I hadn't read one in a while, so I got this. I quickly remembered what I like (detail, clues, etc.) and what I dislike (overdramatized, overwrought characters).
Since I was listening to an audiobook, I just have quick jotted notes.
- When listening to the audio, the shifts between scenes and characters in a chapter is disconcerting. I'm pretty sure on the page, you can see a gap. But the reader goes directly from Myrna and Clara to Gamache and Bouvoir . . . and it bugs me.
- The St. Lawrence River and a meteor impact you can see from space?! I had to Google it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlevoix_crater Fascinating!
- Asbestos . . . lots of interesting stuff here, but I was surprised at how clueless they were while learning about it.
- "fine line between privacy and secrecy" - yep.
- The Tenth Muse . . . overdone and overwrought.
- Norman / No Man
- Captain's vs. admiral's cabins on the ship . . . why did this bug me? Why did Myrna and Clara stay silent so long?
- symbolism . . . and lots of it.
- Duh! Massey! Killer chase . . . seriously. How did they not consider this? Asbestos-covered canvases and who's trying to kill whom?
I think I need to read other authors. For some reason, Penny just bugs me. (Or maybe I'd like the print books better?) I think Miss Marple is my favorite detective.
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