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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
I'd never read this before, and was really glad I did - beautifully written, and still very relevant.
slow-paced
En handväskbok för läsning på olika parkbänkar under the sunniest spring on record. Det blommar och doftar och spritter i hela boken. Mångas favorit. Väldigt engelsk.
Själva boken betyder mycket för mig, för att jag har fått den av en gymnasieväns pappa. Efter hennes alltför tidiga död förblev han och jag brevvänner genom åren och den här boken var en gåva. Började läsa den på VE-day den 8 maj. I boken har det just blivit fred efter första världskriget.
Själva boken betyder mycket för mig, för att jag har fått den av en gymnasieväns pappa. Efter hennes alltför tidiga död förblev han och jag brevvänner genom åren och den här boken var en gåva. Började läsa den på VE-day den 8 maj. I boken har det just blivit fred efter första världskriget.
This is not a fast-paced adventure book but it does create a beautiful picture of quiet country lanes, honeysuckle on the breeze and both the wonders and tragedies of living so far out in a world controlled solely by the forces of nature.
It's a lovely portrait of childhood innocence and growing up, after reading it I got a desperate urge to visit the Cotswolds. The world of childhood is a very small bubble and this takes that alongside the equally small world in which this novel is set and it creates the idea of a place quite apart from the rest of the world, almost secretive.
Did you ever make a secret den in the countryside when you were a child? If so, imagine crawling into it to discover that it led to a secret world that kept to itself and the outside didn't know about... that's the feeling you get about the setting of the novel, like you've crawled into a secret world. And what's more, it's completely real. A beautiful story.
So why did it only get three stars? Because as much as I marveled at this beautiful world that the author told of so wonderfully, nothing much happened. It's a very sweet and subtle story but it could lead to boredom at times. I don't regret reading it though.
It's a lovely portrait of childhood innocence and growing up, after reading it I got a desperate urge to visit the Cotswolds. The world of childhood is a very small bubble and this takes that alongside the equally small world in which this novel is set and it creates the idea of a place quite apart from the rest of the world, almost secretive.
Did you ever make a secret den in the countryside when you were a child? If so, imagine crawling into it to discover that it led to a secret world that kept to itself and the outside didn't know about... that's the feeling you get about the setting of the novel, like you've crawled into a secret world. And what's more, it's completely real. A beautiful story.
So why did it only get three stars? Because as much as I marveled at this beautiful world that the author told of so wonderfully, nothing much happened. It's a very sweet and subtle story but it could lead to boredom at times. I don't regret reading it though.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
hopeful
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
adventurous
emotional
funny
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
I absolutely loved Lee's writing style. A lovely, intimate autobiographical portrait of life in a small Cotswolds village, in a simpler time.
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced