63 reviews for:

The Tortoise and the Hare

Elizabeth Jenkins

3.89 AVERAGE

northerly_heart_reads's review against another edition

3.75

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

catebutler's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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flick_reads's review against another edition

4.0

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

about_wind_and_willows's review against another edition

4.5

reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

phoebe912's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

thebristolreader's review against another edition

4.0

slow-paced

bronwynmb's review against another edition

4.0

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This was very good. Jenkins’ writing and descriptions are just lovely. Everyone felt very real. I didn’t really like any of the main trio though. I had sympathy for Imogen, but she’s so passive (and I get it. She’s a woman of a certain time and place, just… hard to watch). Evelyn is pretty horrible all around. Blanche is another sort of woman and takes advantage of that. I’m glad I read this, and I’ll definitely read more Jenkins, but I need a break from books about infidelity/broken marriages. (It won’t happen - it’s a common theme - but I can dream.)

madamelacy's review against another edition

3.25

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity

hannicogood's review against another edition

4.0

emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

_dunno_'s review against another edition

4.0

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Absolutely brilliant. I was expecting a pleasant, quiet read, but Miss Jenkins surpassed all my expectations. She's such a keen observer of the human nature and her prose flows gorgeously. The Tortoise and the Hare, the story of a disintegrating marriage, is followed in minute details, and although you come to despise most characters one by one, Jenkins keeps you reading because you need to know the outcome and how long will Evelyn keep on being an asshole and how long will Imogen take it and Blanche, will you just stop being SO annoyingly perfect?!

Great discovery. My foray into British feminine lit of the first half of the 20th century continues.

4.5*