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2.99 AVERAGE
2.99 AVERAGE
A Rendell Classic. With all the little sudden change of direction. Landscaping and wild life tributes are almost poetic.
This book comes at her advanced age and gives a rich and satisfying glimpse at the older generation in England, who were kids during WWII.
And a gentle criticism of the younger generation. Some change is great, but is it really for the better...
Some hilarious observations and some touching moments. And a wonderful inspiration.
Our growth can happen at any age.
Another book about the so true expression- how well do we REALLY know anybody...?
This book comes at her advanced age and gives a rich and satisfying glimpse at the older generation in England, who were kids during WWII.
And a gentle criticism of the younger generation. Some change is great, but is it really for the better...
Some hilarious observations and some touching moments. And a wonderful inspiration.
Our growth can happen at any age.
Another book about the so true expression- how well do we REALLY know anybody...?
This was my first Rendell and I liked it but never found it compelling. Too many names/ characters to put it down and not read it for 2 days but I liked the depth of the many older characters. Interesting to start with a murder so you already know “who did it” and then spend the whole book to confront him.
Welp. Not a murder mystery. Though there is a murder. And a mystery attached to it. But it's mostly 70 year-olds having existential crises and then cheating on each other or getting remarried. What a weird time.
DNF - slow; uninteresting; too many unlikable characters.
This could have been a much better book. There were too many characters which might have been okay if they were all useful to the story or at least somewhat interesting. The Batchelors were not that necessary, even Mrs. Mops and her caretakers could have been left out. Her death bed information wasn't that earthshaking.
I thought it was going to be a murder mystery but it was mostly about Alan's little love triangle with Michael's parental issues thrown in. I would have given this one star but I did like how Rosemary changed towards the end. The author should've just made the story about this issue and left the rest out.
The characters were none too bright and couldn't even think hard enough to figure out what people disappeared around that time and could have been murder victims. It took Michael most of the book.
I thought it was going to be a murder mystery but it was mostly about Alan's little love triangle with Michael's parental issues thrown in. I would have given this one star but I did like how Rosemary changed towards the end. The author should've just made the story about this issue and left the rest out.
The characters were none too bright and couldn't even think hard enough to figure out what people disappeared around that time and could have been murder victims. It took Michael most of the book.
During wartime England, times were different. Kids played for hours without adult supervision. One group of children played in tunnels, until a parent chased them out. Sixty years later, during construction, a box was discovered in those tunnels. Inside the box were the skeletal remains of two hands. This discovery brings the children back together, now adults. They renew their friendships and remember forgotten events. A murder remains to be solved.
I really enjoyed this one. The main "mystery" part of the story wasn't the most interesting, but all of the side stories about the various characters and their relationships and histories etc were very engaging and kept the plot moving right along. Not her best but one of her better ones.