Still Life

English language

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978-1-250-00064-4
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Still Life is the debut novel written by Louise Penny and published by St. Martin's Paperbacks (an imprint of Macmillan Publishers, owned by Holtzbrinck Publishing Group) on 1 January 2005, which later went on to win the Anthony Award for Best First Novel in 2007. The story was adapted into a film called Still Life: A Three Pines Mystery in 2013.

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Too jumpy to flow

With the point of view changing mid-paragraph and some unattributed dialog, I got very confused. There is a town's worth of characters, and I think she was trying to develop them, but I couldn't remember who was who. I am not good at following many characters even when written well.

That said, there was some funny dialog and a caring for the characters. That with the focus on French Canadians, I'll try the next in the series. I'm hoping they improve.

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