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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
Continues to be a good, light series. I enjoyed the arc of this book slightly more than the past couple.
Winspear is back on her game with this tale of interwar intrigue tied up with the death of a "horse whisperer" who may have possessed other, less obvious, talents.
This novel pushes deeper into the character of heroine Maisie Dobbs. The self-reflection felt a little too obvious but I enjoyed reading more about her personal life. The book also discusses Hitler's rise to power, Churchill's initial attempts to reinvent himself as a politician and the hints of war and treachery that were apparent in the early 1930s. Winspear's characters are scarred by the Great War, both mentally and physically, and the reader knows that more horror is yet to come.
This series makes more sense in order and I definitely would read the first book before any of the others.
This novel pushes deeper into the character of heroine Maisie Dobbs. The self-reflection felt a little too obvious but I enjoyed reading more about her personal life. The book also discusses Hitler's rise to power, Churchill's initial attempts to reinvent himself as a politician and the hints of war and treachery that were apparent in the early 1930s. Winspear's characters are scarred by the Great War, both mentally and physically, and the reader knows that more horror is yet to come.
This series makes more sense in order and I definitely would read the first book before any of the others.
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
I enjoyed this latest Maisie Dobbs outing (much better than the last one) and we definitely know we are on the cusp of WWII now..anxious to see how Maisie deals with that.
More about Maisie dealing with issues in her life and political issues of the times than the actual case about Eddie.
I very much enjoyed this book, more as a period/character piece than as a mystery.
The book is set in England as the effects of WWI are still strongly felt, although the country is starting to recover, just a bit, and as the signs of the trouble that will become WWII are becoming visible to those that are looking. Maisie hasn't been looking, but the signs are around her.
Causing more immediate unrest is Maisie's personal situation. She's made a change of class in a way that she recognizes as unusual, and it has left her feeling unsettled and somewhat lonely. She tries to compensate for this by "fixing" the lives of those around her, while trying to deal with her romance that isn't feeling quite like it should, a house she's not quite comfortable settling into, and money she really doesn't want to spend on herself.
The book largely takes place inside Maisie's head, which worked well for me. I found the world through Maisie's eyes to be a very interesting place.
And yes, there was a mystery. Eddie himself was a very interesting man, and looking into his death opened many interesting questions for Maisie, and a created a framework for the other events in the book. Perhaps I was too distracted by the rest to properly appreciate the mystery. It certainly wasn't bad, it's that the rest was so good...
I'm a fan of Maisie Dobbs, but I skipped a couple of books to get to this one. Quite a bit had happened in Maisie's life in that time, none of it really a surprise. I don't think you'd have trouble following the book without having read the earlier volumes, although I'm also not sure you'd enjoy spending that much time in Maisie's head if you didn't already know her.
If you are particularly interested in the WWII ties, I'd start here, otherwise I'd read some of the earlier books first-- they are good as well.
The book is set in England as the effects of WWI are still strongly felt, although the country is starting to recover, just a bit, and as the signs of the trouble that will become WWII are becoming visible to those that are looking. Maisie hasn't been looking, but the signs are around her.
Causing more immediate unrest is Maisie's personal situation. She's made a change of class in a way that she recognizes as unusual, and it has left her feeling unsettled and somewhat lonely. She tries to compensate for this by "fixing" the lives of those around her, while trying to deal with her romance that isn't feeling quite like it should, a house she's not quite comfortable settling into, and money she really doesn't want to spend on herself.
The book largely takes place inside Maisie's head, which worked well for me. I found the world through Maisie's eyes to be a very interesting place.
And yes, there was a mystery. Eddie himself was a very interesting man, and looking into his death opened many interesting questions for Maisie, and a created a framework for the other events in the book. Perhaps I was too distracted by the rest to properly appreciate the mystery. It certainly wasn't bad, it's that the rest was so good...
I'm a fan of Maisie Dobbs, but I skipped a couple of books to get to this one. Quite a bit had happened in Maisie's life in that time, none of it really a surprise. I don't think you'd have trouble following the book without having read the earlier volumes, although I'm also not sure you'd enjoy spending that much time in Maisie's head if you didn't already know her.
If you are particularly interested in the WWII ties, I'd start here, otherwise I'd read some of the earlier books first-- they are good as well.
Maisie frustrated me in this one and I thought the plot didnt really go anywhere. Not my favorite in the series.
As Europe inches closer to a Second World War as Hitler rises in power, Maisie finds herself in the middle of an investigation with political implications. Maisie has a lot of growth in this book (thankfully, because I was becoming quite frustrated with her character in this one). I continue to root for James Compton and hope that Maisie will soon see what the test of us already know...they are perfect for each other.
I've read all 9 books in this series loved them all. This is her latest effort and probably one of my favorites.