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kristieburk's review against another edition
3.0
This is one of those books that you sometimes need when the world around you is just too....stressful. This is a pleasant book in a world where all the neighbors are friends and the pastor always has something profound to say. It's like watching a rerun of _Leave It To Beaver_, in a good way!
musser22627's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed the characters in this cozy story, but it's very long. If you need something to get you through weeks and months of casual reading, this would be enjoyable. But it took me an unusually long time to get through because there's nothing compelling, so I didn't devour it like my usual intrigues and fantasy books.
psmith10541's review against another edition
3.0
I haven't read a Mitford series book in over 2 years it was great getting back into the lives of Father Tim and Cynthia. This is such a universal series that kids could read them - as Jim's Gram was getting older (in her 90's) and could not read any longer I bought her the series on tape. She loved it. I am trying to get Allie to read them.
amyegbert's review against another edition
4.0
Another that my mom would call charming. I have a big fat crush on Dooley and I can't wait to find out what happens to Father Tim.
lizzythecat's review against another edition
3.0
Ah, Mitford! That salubrious little town with all white people and the drug problems and poor people live outside the town lines.
I mean, it's a sweet little book and if you're wanting some mindless fluff that makes you feel warm inside without having to think too much, this is the ticket. (I think too much, clearly.)
I mean, it's a sweet little book and if you're wanting some mindless fluff that makes you feel warm inside without having to think too much, this is the ticket. (I think too much, clearly.)
christi_books's review against another edition
4.0
The first book in a sweet series.
Father Tim and Mitford remind me of my childhood parish priest, Father John, his big black Great Dane, and the characters in the small town where I grew up.
The narrator of the audiobooks is fantastic and he brings the characters to life.
Father Tim and Mitford remind me of my childhood parish priest, Father John, his big black Great Dane, and the characters in the small town where I grew up.
The narrator of the audiobooks is fantastic and he brings the characters to life.
alilotofbooks's review against another edition
3.0
Provincial, meandering, and thorough character development. At first I wondered why in the world I would want to read a novel where the protagonist is a 60-year-old North Carolina Episcopal preacher... but you've got to hand it to Karon there, because who else has written about one? The characters are really what suck you into the story. It wasn't gripping, compelling, or fascinating by any means, but a fun and a different read than what I normally go for (it was a book club book). I am going to have to read the next in the series, sometime, just to find out what happens to the characters!
villavillakula's review against another edition
4.0
Sometimes as a high-strung pregnant woman, it's important for me to have gentle Christian fiction to read in the middle of the night after I pee for the hundredth time. This is the cozy story of a 60 year old Episcopalian minister in a small village in S. Carolina who is constantly dealing with his parish of loving and eccentric folks. He gets adopted by a dog, adopts a boy, eats marmalade cake, falls in love, etc. It's sweet and wholesome. It's making me want to go to divinity school and move somewhere quaint. Inspirational for me. Not everyone's cup of tea.