Book Club

[Jackson08]

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@dawg lover wrote:

For the Louise Penny fans out there, I just finished her latest one, "A BETTER MAN," and I thought it was one of the best books she has ever written.

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I just finished it too and really liked it.  

I agree that they should be read in order.  I love the characters.  They make me laugh and make me cry.  

I think my favorite was "How the Light Gets In".  

[sassenach1]

Louise Penny has been one of my favorite writers in the last few years. Her last two or three, including A Better Man have not been nearly as good as the earlier ones. Re-hashing the same storylines, losing the depth of many favorite characters - she has done this for the last few books. The out-to-get Gamache plots are becoming unbelievable and bizarre. A Better Man’s Clara arc was just plain whacky. And Louise’s politics are being written in her books.

All this makes me sad as I have loved Gamache books for so long. Kind of reminds me of what Patricia Cornwell did to destroy her Scarpetta series. After book 9 or 10, it went way downhill. I really hope Louise Penny will turn her beloved characters around.

[Vivian]

I’ve read all of Louise Penny’s books in order. It would definitely be best to read them that way but she is such a good writer that reading them without any order would still be very enjoyable.