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cook_memorial_public_library's review against another edition
4.0
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anderson65's review against another edition
5.0
Entertaining light read about English society at the end of the 19th century. Facetious and clever.
margaret_j_c's review against another edition
Habits of the House is very Downton Abbey-esque. I'm not a fan of Downton Abbey and therefore wasn't too drawn in by this book. Weldon's prose was a big issue for me - I've long wanted to read her fiction and was let down. It baffled me in several places due to run-on sentences and a strange use of commas. It was supposed to feel conversational, and it did - once you'd read it enough times to understand what the cadence was supposed to be. She also switches back and forth and hither and yon between perspectives, and although I am very much not a stickler on that point, her handling was poor and the effect was disconcerting.
I decided three-fourths of the way through that I really just didn't give a crap about any aspect of the story. It was interesting enough, but not enough to continue reading while there are more Karamazovs and Steppenwolfs and Attolises waiting to be discovered.
I decided three-fourths of the way through that I really just didn't give a crap about any aspect of the story. It was interesting enough, but not enough to continue reading while there are more Karamazovs and Steppenwolfs and Attolises waiting to be discovered.
sarahfett's review against another edition
This book is to appeal to people who like Downton Abbey. It is similar, but I just didn't like, or even feel sympathy for, the characters. I gave up after 70 pages.
lizzybd's review against another edition
1.0
This book is awful and nothing like Downton Abbey. The only characters I liked and who had any redeeming qualities at all were the Baums. I didn't care for the people or their plight. I won't be reading the rest in the trilogy.
books_with_tess's review against another edition
3.0
Well...that was a bit of a drag...
I'm not saying it was BAD, not at all, Weldon writes wonderfully and she really captures the essense of life in the early 1900's. But dang, I didn't think following the everyday life of a viscount family could be so boring.
I'm a die hard fan of "Downton abbey", maybe that's just it, I need it on the screen and not on paper! So this experience is a bit split. It might've been boring and a drag, but it could also just be my taste, not clicking with this book.
When that's said, I might - MIGHT - read the two last books in this series, but I don't know yet. I do love this era and I love the style and the relations and Weldon is a good writer, but...I don't want to be bored again. But I did finish this one...so...
Well, let me at least give Weldon a round of applause for a job well done. Truly.
I'm not saying it was BAD, not at all, Weldon writes wonderfully and she really captures the essense of life in the early 1900's. But dang, I didn't think following the everyday life of a viscount family could be so boring.
I'm a die hard fan of "Downton abbey", maybe that's just it, I need it on the screen and not on paper! So this experience is a bit split. It might've been boring and a drag, but it could also just be my taste, not clicking with this book.
When that's said, I might - MIGHT - read the two last books in this series, but I don't know yet. I do love this era and I love the style and the relations and Weldon is a good writer, but...I don't want to be bored again. But I did finish this one...so...
Well, let me at least give Weldon a round of applause for a job well done. Truly.
jannie_mtl's review against another edition
5.0
This novel set in an upper-class British household in 1899 has it all: love, lust, financial problems, socialist daughter, philandering men, loud Americans, upstairs-downstairs issues. Full of humour and commentary on the mores and habits of the time, Weldon has produced an fast-paced tale that will appeal to anyone who enjoys period literature. Bonus: it's the first of a trilogy entitled "Love and Inheritance". I will definitely pick up subsequent books in the series.