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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
Delightful
This was a cozy magical read. A lost man stumbles upon a job as a butler for an old man, who thinks he is a wizard, that lives in a mansion.
This was a cozy magical read. A lost man stumbles upon a job as a butler for an old man, who thinks he is a wizard, that lives in a mansion.
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
relaxing
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Heartwarming with humor, this is a fantasy but the real story doesn't rely on magic other than the magic that is in genuinely good people. I found it very enjoyable, light reading.
First time reading a Lowell book, and it was... interesting. There are some books which you feel like you should like, but don't. This is the opposite, a book that I feel like I shouldn't like, but I do.
It's basically a slow, leisurely slice-of-life account of a man becoming a butler, with a small sprinkling of magic and some legal shenanigans to give it at least a smidgen of a conflict.
It is, I think, very much a book that needs the right mood. There's genuine joy to be found in reading of the ways Roger grows into his role, a kind of Downton Abbey vibe. At the same time, the plot is, to put it politely, meandering, and the whole book feels like it could do with being a hundred pages shorter and with a few plot threads being picked up again.
At the same time, I did read the thing cover to cover, staying up late because I wanted to know what happened. Clearly Lowell's doing *something* right.
It's basically a slow, leisurely slice-of-life account of a man becoming a butler, with a small sprinkling of magic and some legal shenanigans to give it at least a smidgen of a conflict.
It is, I think, very much a book that needs the right mood. There's genuine joy to be found in reading of the ways Roger grows into his role, a kind of Downton Abbey vibe. At the same time, the plot is, to put it politely, meandering, and the whole book feels like it could do with being a hundred pages shorter and with a few plot threads being picked up again.
At the same time, I did read the thing cover to cover, staying up late because I wanted to know what happened. Clearly Lowell's doing *something* right.