dana_reads_travels's Reviews (2.39k)

Louise Penny does it again and again and again. It blows my mind how complex the mysteries in her books are, but everything gets fleshed out. There is no half a** plot lines. 

Cannot wait for book 20 in 2025!

I feel like this book started strong and then slowly went downhill. Eventually, I felt like I was just constantly reading "research" and endless anecdotes from other people. The author jumped around from anecdote to anecdote, which honestly made me lost track of what she was even doing herself in the chapter. 

I am happy I read it, but I would not recommend it to everyone.

Reminiscent of The Secret History, If We Were Villains is about a group of students who are overly close. You know someone dies. And you know who is arrested for it. 

But everything else in between-- unfolded slowly and perfectly. 

Thank you to the publisher for a free Netgalley. 

This one was quite the ride.This Book Will Bury Me is about Janeway, who loses her father unexpectedly. While grieving she finds a group of arm chair detectives. They work together to solve murders. 

I enjoyed the writing of the characters in this one. Each character added something to the plot of the book. None of the characters were "too much" or written in an exaggerated fashion. Jane drove me bonkers at times. But her character was well fleshed out. 

While we are given some red herrings, I did figure out one of the end pieces. Though that happened, I still did not feel like it took anything away from the book as the way Winstead laid it out was well done. But that very ending? Fabulous. I loved how this one wrapped up. 

Definitely recommend. 

LOVED this sequel. 

This was fine. Enjoyed the premise. Did not love the execution.

Slow burn but enjoyed this one!