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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
slow-paced
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Child death, Death, Car accident
Minor: Infidelity
There is something infinitely comforting about Rosamunde Pilcher's world. Her descriptions of home, town, food and character are bound to calm you down and remind you of your grandmother's cookies. Which is apt, because Pilcher gears her fiction primarily towards the Greatest Generation and her ear for dialogue is exclusively of that ilk, to the point where you'll cringe when her teenagers or twenty-somethings speak ("Oh, do let's go!"). Nonetheless, when you're in need of a lovely, sweet-natured read where happy endings are inevitable and good things happen to good people, you couldn't do much better.
It’s just tooooo boring and long winded and a lot about getting old and dying…
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Like a friend recapping their day to you, this book is delightfully slow paced, familiar, friendly and inviting. Rarely do books include details of pets. Horace was interwoven into the story from the very first page, a welcome addition to the endearing cast of characters.
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
This was a nice book, that I enjoyed. It is a good book for winter, as it is cosy and light-hearted.
However, I do think that it dragged on a bit and I felt my interest wane. I also don't think that the depiction of grief was very realistic. The grieving character , though it was brought up every now and then that he was grieving, seemed to just be hunky dorey and content with his life. Also the characters seem to have a false light-heartedness that made it unrealistic, and the teenager often spoke as though she was from the Victorian times, which was quite funny actually .
I think the thing that I disliked the most was the seemingly constant repetition of eating bacon and it was just tedious the amount of times I had to read about meat and fur, and yet these characters were supposed to be incredibly kind and thoughtful people (unrealistically so) so there was a juxtaposition. However, I did enjoy this book and it is a light-hearted read on the whole.
However, I do think that it dragged on a bit and I felt my interest wane. I also don't think that the depiction of grief was very realistic. The grieving character , though it was brought up every now and then that he was grieving, seemed to just be hunky dorey and content with his life. Also the characters seem to have a false light-heartedness that made it unrealistic, and the teenager often spoke as though she was from the Victorian times, which was quite funny actually .
I think the thing that I disliked the most was the seemingly constant repetition of eating bacon and it was just tedious the amount of times I had to read about meat and fur, and yet these characters were supposed to be incredibly kind and thoughtful people (unrealistically so) so there was a juxtaposition. However, I did enjoy this book and it is a light-hearted read on the whole.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Death, Grief
Enchanting, endearing, such a wonderful book, a story that touched my heart from the first page until the last. I've wanted to read this book for a very long time and I am so glad I did.