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jessiereads315's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.0
rebroxannape's review against another edition
3.0
This is another one of RP's idle uneducated girl entangled with a selfish cad who finds love with a decent gainfully employed man almost double her age. Oh, and it's in Porthkerrris and her father is an artist. Her formula is tried and true, to say the least. I don't mean to sound mean, her books are always charming and I love her. I almost took off a star though, because the young girl is petulant and self-pitying throughout.
caroldiask's review against another edition
2.0
The author is really good, I liked her other book, but this story was just too slow. It´s an okay book cause the only really good part is the end. There are 150 pages of God knows what, almost a babbling about trivial stuff. In the last 50 pages something finally happends and then the story becomes interesting.
tessisreading2's review against another edition
3.0
Fine, but to be honest everyone's either stupid or vaguely unpleasant, some of the characterization doesn't make a ton of sense, and at no point did I understand how or when Emma and Robert actually fell in love.
laurajh77's review against another edition
3.0
This was a quick read but I think it has dated quite badly.
Everyone smokes, which I can forgive as of the time.
The car driving around central London made me laugh so hard!
The constant use of commas and ‘and’ to extend sentences got quite wearing. I’m not sure if this was the author’s style or more usual in older novels, but it annoyed me.
Finally, A 19 year old and a 36 year old? I mean, not illegal, but probably would be viewed a little differently now from the 1960s. I was left feeling just a bit awkward, tbh.
Everyone smokes, which I can forgive as of the time.
The car driving around central London made me laugh so hard!
The constant use of commas and ‘and’ to extend sentences got quite wearing. I’m not sure if this was the author’s style or more usual in older novels, but it annoyed me.
Finally, A 19 year old and a 36 year old? I mean, not illegal, but probably would be viewed a little differently now from the 1960s. I was left feeling just a bit awkward, tbh.
changeablelandscape's review against another edition
emotional
funny
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
A straightforward 1968 coming-of-age romance about a young woman (Emma) sorting through her family issues on the way to a happy ending with an appropriate man. I enjoyed it enormously; it was a little more nuanced than my average 1960s Harlequin but still definitely in the same bucket.
lisagoe's review against another edition
3.0
This was the second Rosamunde Pilcher book I read in a row. Comparisons between this and The Carousel are easy to make: both are love stories that involve artists and a young woman looking to find her place in the world. On the whole, I liked this less well than the Carousel, but that may have to do with this lead character's obvious daddy issues in this book, which I don't share.
bryanfarmer's review against another edition
3.0
If you've read my other reviews, you'll know that I love where Rosamunde Pilcher takes me. After living in Edinburgh for a short time, she takes me back to those UK nights. She's a very skilled writer. However, this book from 1968 didn't really age well. I loved the setting, I loved the fact that character development was very deliberate and changed midway. I did not love Emma. Pilcher wrote her as a useless, silly girl...and I was totally turned off by her.
mcaden1's review against another edition
3.0
This was a nice easy read in between a few longer recent ones. It was nothing like The Shell Seekers which may have been my favorite read of 2020. It is based in London so there is that :)