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Not her best.

Revisado: 10-17-24

I’ve loved the Ann Cleeves books but this one is not her best. The writing isn’t great. It’s funny that she uses the word “taciturn” multiple times. Vera thought this one or that one was taciturn. Not a word our beloved Vera would use. It’s almost like Cleeves had a bet with someone about how many times she could use the word. And there are numerous times when she wrote “pause” “another pause” during many of the characters talking. It’s lazy writing. Also the book starts with the narrator speaking as the 14 year old and the voice she uses is dreadful- it’s cringe worthy - it almost put me off the novel but I suffered through it.

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Nothing new here

Revisado: 09-26-24

A lot of rehashing what was covered in prior articles and the movie and miniseries- the parts about the 4 horsemen would have been interesting if it didn’t drag on so long repetitively and be generally unsubstantiated. Don’t know why the author felt the desire to publish this so long after the events as it is just more of the same.

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A bit longer than it need be

Revisado: 02-29-24

Was a slow progression to an unsatisfying ending. Also the narrator does odd female voices- they sound creepy and breathy. He does the worst on Jo the writer- cringy.

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Never really gained momentum

Revisado: 12-30-23

I loved all the other Ann Cleeves series books and the first one in this series (the long call) but the last two in this series were not great. This book never really unfolded in a way that gained momentum and the solution to the mystery is handled by the main character detective telling the other detectives the motive and method rather than seeing it unfold in the character development and plot- that seems uncharacteristically lazy for this talented writer. The narrator was great, but the writing was disappointing.

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So boring

Revisado: 09-15-22

Couldn’t finish it. So boring. And the reader is not great. I don’t recommend this title.

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Not as good as the other series

Revisado: 08-12-22

Inspector Ramsay is an undeveloped character. This book had a lot of village characters- not all necessary and an okay plot- not the usual level of her writing - just okay. This is no Vera or Shetland for sure.

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Implausible plot

Revisado: 11-27-21

Kevin Whately does an excellent narration. I just find this plot rather implausible so it wasn’t as satisfying as some of the Morse series.

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Narrator detracts from the story

Revisado: 01-27-21

This narrator uses a voice for Joe Ashcroft that makes him sound like a big dumb plod and that isn’t the character. It was so distracting, it ruined this novel for me. I won’t buy any more Vera stories with this narrator.

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Too much cloak and dagger

Revisado: 11-10-19

We don’t read Louise Penny for spy stories. She tried to combine the Three Pines setting and characters with spies and international intrigue and it was rather disappointing. The book is very repetitive with the same facts over and over and over. I like the other Three Pines books. This one is a miss. Louise Penny should stick to what she’s good at. This is NOT it.

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Could be better for two reasons

Revisado: 10-15-19

The writer needs to stop the repetition. Do we really need to know every time the characters use a turn signal? “He indicates and...” before every turn. And the sudoku references just need to stop. 100 times - enough! The second reason is the narrator’s female voices sound like all the women are mentally challenged and the children - dreadful creepy voices - he should just not do voices for these characters. Really made me cringe.

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