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The Black Wolf: Chief Inspector Gamache, Book 20
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This is very political which is no surprise if you follow the author’s monthly newsletter. She recently shared:
“I was invited to launch this book at the Kennedy Centre, and when I received that invitation I was thrilled. But when Trump did his coup at the Kennedy Centre, I said ‘well I can’t’. And things just got worse, that whole 51st state, the tariff war, an assault on our economy that lingers to this day, and I said to my American publisher, I can’t do the states.”
There has been blow-back, including fans saying they would no longer read her books.
I decided to try the audio (a first) because I was sick and reading any physical book was too much for me.
Audio listening is always subject to a wandering mind so my absorption was impacted no doubt.
I’m not bothered by the political ties but this installment was layered with turns, twists, and characters which taxed me.
I have to question if it would have gone down better if I had read it without a nasty virus.
That all said, it had its signature moments and I was happy to be in Three Pines convalescing. A dear friend in Canada sent me a jigsaw puzzle which now hangs on my wall and makes me smile every time I walk past it.
Louise recently shared a video you can access on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHSaH...
Our politicians may no longer know how to act with decency but we the people can still rise to the occasion.
In solidarity I have temporarily changed my profile pic to the Three Pines puzzle which will remain in my profile.
Oh Canada!
This is very political which is no surprise if you follow the author’s monthly newsletter. She recently shared:
“I was invited to launch this book at the Kennedy Centre, and when I received that invitation I was thrilled. But when Trump did his coup at the Kennedy Centre, I said ‘well I can’t’. And things just got worse, that whole 51st state, the tariff war, an assault on our economy that lingers to this day, and I said to my American publisher, I can’t do the states.”
There has been blow-back, including fans saying they would no longer read her books.
I decided to try the audio (a first) because I was sick and reading any physical book was too much for me.
Audio listening is always subject to a wandering mind so my absorption was impacted no doubt.
I’m not bothered by the political ties but this installment was layered with turns, twists, and characters which taxed me.
I have to question if it would have gone down better if I had read it without a nasty virus.
That all said, it had its signature moments and I was happy to be in Three Pines convalescing. A dear friend in Canada sent me a jigsaw puzzle which now hangs on my wall and makes me smile every time I walk past it.
Louise recently shared a video you can access on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHSaH...
Our politicians may no longer know how to act with decency but we the people can still rise to the occasion.
In solidarity I have temporarily changed my profile pic to the Three Pines puzzle which will remain in my profile.
Oh Canada!
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Dec 07, 2025 09:07AM
Thank you for this review, Catherine, and I hope you're feeling better. I normally read Penny's books within a day or two of them releasing, but I've put off reading this one because I'm tired of authors foisting political opinions on me. (They have the right to do so; I have the right not to read their books.) Penny is so talented, and I love Gamache, Reine-Marie (and Henri!), and Three Pines.
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Lynn wrote: "Thank you for this review, Catherine, and I hope you're feeling better. I normally read Penny's books within a day or two of them releasing, but I've put off reading this one because I'm tired of a..."Thank you Lynn. Hope you're immersed in a good book :)
