Comments on: The Brutal Telling, by Louise Penny http://msbookish.com/the-brutal-telling-by-louise-penny/ Everything I know, I learned from a book. Well, maybe not everything ... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:40:33 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sam http://msbookish.com/the-brutal-telling-by-louise-penny/comment-page-1/#comment-31296 Sam Mon, 22 Nov 2010 23:47:23 +0000 http://msbookish.com/the-brutal-telling-by-louise-penny/#comment-31296 I have read Still Life and now A Brutal Telling--BTW the book title refers to a line from an Emily Carr letter. I think the more that you know about the Three Pines characters, the sadder you feel at the end of A Brutal Telling. I am hoping that there are more resolutions to the murder in this book in the next book Bury Your Dead. A Brutal Telling reads more like a morality play but I still agree with Gabri at the end. Incidently I find Gamache to be a more avuncular Brunetti (Donna Leon's main character). Like Leon, Penny does not shy away from the political issues in her settings. I have read Still Life and now A Brutal Telling–BTW the book title refers to a line from an Emily Carr letter. I think the more that you know about the Three Pines characters, the sadder you feel at the end of A Brutal Telling. I am hoping that there are more resolutions to the murder in this book in the next book Bury Your Dead. A Brutal Telling reads more like a morality play but I still agree with Gabri at the end. Incidently I find Gamache to be a more avuncular Brunetti (Donna Leon’s main character). Like Leon, Penny does not shy away from the political issues in her settings.

]]> By: Bury Your Dead, by Louise Penny http://msbookish.com/the-brutal-telling-by-louise-penny/comment-page-1/#comment-29543 Bury Your Dead, by Louise Penny Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:17:58 +0000 http://msbookish.com/the-brutal-telling-by-louise-penny/#comment-29543 [...] I learned my lesson last year when I reviewed the previous Chief Inspector Gamache book by Louise Penny, The Brutal Telling. [...] [...] I learned my lesson last year when I reviewed the previous Chief Inspector Gamache book by Louise Penny, The Brutal Telling. [...]

]]> By: Beth http://msbookish.com/the-brutal-telling-by-louise-penny/comment-page-1/#comment-15385 Beth Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:44:22 +0000 http://msbookish.com/the-brutal-telling-by-louise-penny/#comment-15385 One of the things I've enjoyed noting in Louise's books is how she makes her characters human, good and bad and complex. Even Gamache isn't perfect. That's why I could accept the truth of the murderer that so many people had trouble accepting. The person had a past that we didn't know about, and doesn't everyone. That is what I love about Penny's characters, they're complex. The other thing I love is how she foreshadows her next book. The poem from Ruth to Beauvoir refers to the future more than the past. And Annie is the little lion. I think we'll see something between them next book. One of the things I’ve enjoyed noting in Louise’s books is how she makes her characters human, good and bad and complex. Even Gamache isn’t perfect. That’s why I could accept the truth of the murderer that so many people had trouble accepting. The person had a past that we didn’t know about, and doesn’t everyone. That is what I love about Penny’s characters, they’re complex.
The other thing I love is how she foreshadows her next book. The poem from Ruth to Beauvoir refers to the future more than the past. And Annie is the little lion. I think we’ll see something between them next book.

]]> By: The Brutal Telling – Louise Penny – Farm Lane Books Blog http://msbookish.com/the-brutal-telling-by-louise-penny/comment-page-1/#comment-9997 The Brutal Telling – Louise Penny – Farm Lane Books Blog Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:24:08 +0000 http://msbookish.com/the-brutal-telling-by-louise-penny/#comment-9997 [...] seem to be one of the only people who didn’t enjoy with this book though: Kittling Books, Ms Bookish and Bibliophile by the Sea all loved [...] [...] seem to be one of the only people who didn’t enjoy with this book though: Kittling Books, Ms Bookish and Bibliophile by the Sea all loved [...]

]]> By: Jen - Devourer of Books http://msbookish.com/the-brutal-telling-by-louise-penny/comment-page-1/#comment-6815 Jen - Devourer of Books Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:37:48 +0000 http://msbookish.com/the-brutal-telling-by-louise-penny/#comment-6815 Jen Forbus just convinced me to give this series a try and you've just made me even more excited about picking two of them up from the library next week (although not this one, there's a hold on it). .-= Jen - Devourer of Books´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/devourerofbooks/gsNX/~3/EX1rl4mVhaA/" rel="nofollow">Library Loot – October 9, 2009</a> =-. Jen Forbus just convinced me to give this series a try and you’ve just made me even more excited about picking two of them up from the library next week (although not this one, there’s a hold on it).
.-= Jen – Devourer of Books´s last blog ..Library Loot – October 9, 2009 =-.

]]> By: Sheila DeChantal http://msbookish.com/the-brutal-telling-by-louise-penny/comment-page-1/#comment-6498 Sheila DeChantal Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:44:25 +0000 http://msbookish.com/the-brutal-telling-by-louise-penny/#comment-6498 I havent read any of these but it does sound good. .-= Sheila DeChantal´s last blog ..<a href="http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/2009/10/03/faith-n-fiction-saturday/" rel="nofollow">Faith N Fiction Saturday</a> =-. I havent read any of these but it does sound good.
.-= Sheila DeChantal´s last blog ..Faith N Fiction Saturday =-.

]]> By: Beth F http://msbookish.com/the-brutal-telling-by-louise-penny/comment-page-1/#comment-6496 Beth F Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:32:10 +0000 http://msbookish.com/the-brutal-telling-by-louise-penny/#comment-6496 Can you believe that I've had Still Life on my MP3 player for over a year and I still haven't listened to it? Your review has made me move it up to the top (well after An Echo in the Bone) .-= Beth F´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BethFishReads/~3/AWIoiLBoGnc/pride-prejudice-goes-to-movies.html" rel="nofollow">Pride & Prejudice Goes to the Movies</a> =-. Can you believe that I’ve had Still Life on my MP3 player for over a year and I still haven’t listened to it? Your review has made me move it up to the top (well after An Echo in the Bone)
.-= Beth F´s last blog ..Pride & Prejudice Goes to the Movies =-.

]]> By: WordLily http://msbookish.com/the-brutal-telling-by-louise-penny/comment-page-1/#comment-6491 WordLily Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:23:59 +0000 http://msbookish.com/the-brutal-telling-by-louise-penny/#comment-6491 Hey, thanks for the explanation! That's what I hoped. Sounds good! .-= WordLily´s last blog ..<a href="http://wordlily.com/2009/10/02/book-hooks/" rel="nofollow">Book hooks</a> =-. Hey, thanks for the explanation! That’s what I hoped. Sounds good!
.-= WordLily´s last blog ..Book hooks =-.

]]> By: Belle http://msbookish.com/the-brutal-telling-by-louise-penny/comment-page-1/#comment-6490 Belle Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:20:18 +0000 http://msbookish.com/the-brutal-telling-by-louise-penny/#comment-6490 I'm very good at forgetting endings too, Dorte. I hardly ever read a new-to-me series in order - I'm just so eager to get started on them! And I don't think this series needs to be read in order, and The Brutal Telling definitely can be read as a standalone book. I have a different reaction to Gamache, though - kind, loving, with that very strong just and moral core. Kind of an ideal father figure! I’m very good at forgetting endings too, Dorte. I hardly ever read a new-to-me series in order – I’m just so eager to get started on them! And I don’t think this series needs to be read in order, and The Brutal Telling definitely can be read as a standalone book.

I have a different reaction to Gamache, though – kind, loving, with that very strong just and moral core. Kind of an ideal father figure!

]]> By: Belle http://msbookish.com/the-brutal-telling-by-louise-penny/comment-page-1/#comment-6489 Belle Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:13:58 +0000 http://msbookish.com/the-brutal-telling-by-louise-penny/#comment-6489 Molly, once you start, I think you will be hooked. My favorites in the series are Still Life, A Rule Against Murder (the 4th book), and now, my third favorite, is this one. The only reason why I didn't enjoy books 2 and 3 as much is because I found the subplot that was continued through those two books to be a distraction from the mysteries and characters. Molly, once you start, I think you will be hooked. My favorites in the series are Still Life, A Rule Against Murder (the 4th book), and now, my third favorite, is this one. The only reason why I didn’t enjoy books 2 and 3 as much is because I found the subplot that was continued through those two books to be a distraction from the mysteries and characters.

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