Completed: 7/11/2021
Recommendation: Recommended
Recommended By: My mother
Review:
I'm not a fan of suspense. Penny uses artificial means to create suspense in this book by using steps to reveal something. Person 1 knows something and starts to reveal it, then stops. We go to Person 2 who figures out the same thing and start to reveal it, then stops. We go to Person 3 who knows nothing about it (yes, I was about ready to throw something against a wall) and then we go back to Person 1 who reveals what is happening. This reminds me of Agatha Christie (though I think I've only read one or two of her novels) and I hope that it is a blip that Penny eventually abandons.
With that notation, I really like the Penny writes--her turns of phrase make me chuckle and keep me engaged. She re-describes Three Pines and its primary inhabitants at the beginning of each book in the series (so they can probably stand on their own) and this is never boring. Each time the descriptions are subtly different and reveal a little more. It is a pleasure to meet these characters again.
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