I started this series April 2024 at the recommendation of a woman on our Rick Steves Greece Tour. Since then I keep one of the books in my phone primarily to read as I travel. When I finish one I load the next, thus keeping them in the correct order. This was my least favorite of the Gamache Series. Glass House seemed rushed like Louise was under her editor’s pressure to deliver.

Scintillating, complex, masterful. Engrossing until the last word.

best in the series

Because if you’re this far along n the series, you already know that we are Ruth, Myrna, Clara, Reine-Marie, Armand, and Jean-Paul, and Lacoste. We lived with them for thousands of pages, and they must resonate with us or we wouldn’t have stuck around for so long. They resonate because they are us. Now, the rest of you, the new readers. If you keep saying to yourself, “Well, just be more book,” after reading any one, then welcome to the club. Meet you at the end. God bless.

Oh my!!! The best one yet.My first review because Louise Penny made me laugh and cry for remarkable characters and LOVE!

Could not finish it, still don’t know what it was about

Her best yet!

I have read every book in Louise’s Inspector Gamache series. I can say that without a doubt every book is excellent. They can be read as stand alone books but then the reader would miss out on the richness and complexity of the characters and of life itself. Because of Louise’s stories I have grown to enjoy and appreciate poetry. I assume that the author is writing the poetry that is attributed to Ruth. Every line touches me deep within and makes me think and feel. It may seem unlikely to some but I can say that by reading Louise’s books I have become more tolerant and less judgmental of others. Although the greatest gift I come away with after reading one of the author’s books is a newfound nonjudgmental,tolerance of myself,well most of the time anyway. But the sense of self love and acceptance,faults and all, is by far the greatest gift of her stories. Merci.

As always, it is wonderful to be back in Three Pines, following Gamache and the fabulous characters around him.

Tough to get into at the beginning, and sometimes difficult to follow the chronology, but worth the effort. The good guys do win in the end, but not without sacrifice and consequence. Overall, enjoyed the read.