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The Brutal Telling

Louise Penny
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The Brutal Telling

Louise Penny
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Overall rating: 4.375 / 5 from 40 reviews.

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The Brutal Telling, a New York Times bestseller, is praised for its intriguing plot and witty characters. Customers find it a captivating read with a mysterious and thrilling storyline.

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  • Book Quality: 32%
  • Reading Experience: 25%

Review topics: [read, book, characters, novel, story, mystery, storyline, series].

Review highlights

  • "I absolutely loved this book and its predecessor!" — Ojitos
  • "a good read, Interesting characters, always suspense up to the last page but the ending was less satisfying." — Rebecca
  • "a very interesting read!" — Mark

Reviews

OMG - so bad

"Am I the only one who didn't like this book? It's been a year i've been trying to finish this book and I just can't . I don't like any of the characters, the story and plot is just. . . . . boring."

— Montreal R. (1/5)

Interesting

"Great book. Can't put it down. Love it. I definitely recommend it."

— FIDA (5/5)

A Huge Fan!

"This novel in the series contained more depth of character than the previous ones I'd read. While Gamache's character became very ""inspector like"", Oliver and Ruth's character dove deep with Peter catching up. There are some similarities between Ruth and Beauvoir and this novel revealed a bit of the gentler side of Ruth in spite of her not so gentle deliver of the poem to Beauvoir. The Inspector's daughter Anna seems to be on the Inspector's mind. As for Peter, his folly is that he defined himself purely by his art. Cara's artistic recognition challenges both Peter's sense of himself and their relationship."

— Paperandbinding (5/5)

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"a good read, Interesting characters, always suspense up to the last page but the ending was less satisfying."

— Rebecca (4/5)

love it

"love it"

— Pine (5/5)

My favourite book of the series

"I absolutely loved this book and its predecessor! These two books are definitely action and history packed which is always a win-win in my book. Best one of the series."

— Ojitos (5/5)

A+

"good read"

— Samantha (4/5)

Liked it a lot!

"I really enjoyed this, mostly because of the atmosphere and the group of characters I've grown to love. The mystery itself was a bit too far-fetched for me and wasn't resolved in the best of ways, but I still had a great time reading it!"

— Angie (4/5)

ok

"It was a real page turner. I couldn't put it down. it kept me guessing right to the end. The only thing preventing me from giving it 5* was that I found the ending to be a bit far fetched. I am still not sure how I feel about how it all played out. . . ."

— Astoria (3/5)

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"love it"

— Coco89 (5/5)

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  • Published date: Jun 07, 2011
  • Language: English
  • No. of Pages: 512
  • Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
  • ISBN: 9780751547580
  • Dimensions: 5.0" W x 1.25" L x 7.75" H
It's Louise Penny's writing which adds a glow to this book. It's not just the skill of the plot, but the way that words are never wasted and that so few of them can produce a vivid picture.—The Bookbag
Louise Penny is the number one New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Gamache series, including Still Life, which won the CWA John Creasey Dagger in 2006. Recipient of virtually every existing award for crime fiction, Louise was also granted the Order of Canada in 2014 and received an honorary doctorate of literature from Carleton University and the Ordre Nationale du Québec in 2017. She lives in a small village south of Montreal.

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