" I must agree with the other commenters about Robert Bathhurst. His is a lovely ENGLISH voice. There's nothing French or Canadian about his accent. The entire atmosphere of the novels and their setting in French-speaking Quebec has been lost, and even worse, appropriated by an Anglo. He doesn't even pronounce Montreal in the French manner. The French he does speak is perfunctory, as an Englishman would do, almost with a sour mouth, being forced to say French words. He makes Beauvoir sound like an acolyte, a neophyte, not a rugged and experienced cop. Gamache is now emotional, brusque, not the man of composure we'd come to know in the earlier novels. Ruth doesn't sound nearly as FINE as she used to. She's been smoothed out. I miss her roughness. Was there not a single person in Quebec with a voice suited to this wonderful series of detective stories? I feel the choice was made with an eye (or ear) for popularity, with Mr. B's association with Downton Abbey. The elan of Quebec is gone. "
— Catherine McMichael, 11/24/2021