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A review by gwalt118
Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher
5.0
There’s a new addition to my “favorite books of all time” pile.
This book has been on my radar for quite some time. I found it on my Mom’s shelves last month and decided it was time to pick it up. Well, my goodness – I truly feel as though she has given me a gift, a hug, a treasure from her place in the sky. What an absolutely perfect – yes, I said it – novel.
It’s about grief and heartbreak, but it’s also about joy and falling in love. It’s about endings, but it’s also about beginnings. It’s about five people – Oscar, Elfrida, Carrie, Sam, & Lucy – who find themselves in a remote house in Scotland at Christmastime. I loved all of these people. Pilcher brought them to live in this novel. I didn’t want the book to end, because I didn’t want to leave them. I look forward to rereading this book and visiting them when I need comfort and solace.
Pilcher creates an immensely strong sense of place in this novel. What occurs in the pages of this book could only happen in that place at that time with those people. It’s essentially magic. The cyclical nature of the novel combined with Pilcher’s vivid description and absolutely beautiful writing results in a deeply poetic novel.
I really do believe this novel is in my new “favorite books of all time” pile. My goodness, I loved every single piece of it. Do yourself a favor and read it this winter, if you’ve never read it. And if you have, read it again. This was the best book to start off my 2022.
Thank you, Momma.
This book has been on my radar for quite some time. I found it on my Mom’s shelves last month and decided it was time to pick it up. Well, my goodness – I truly feel as though she has given me a gift, a hug, a treasure from her place in the sky. What an absolutely perfect – yes, I said it – novel.
It’s about grief and heartbreak, but it’s also about joy and falling in love. It’s about endings, but it’s also about beginnings. It’s about five people – Oscar, Elfrida, Carrie, Sam, & Lucy – who find themselves in a remote house in Scotland at Christmastime. I loved all of these people. Pilcher brought them to live in this novel. I didn’t want the book to end, because I didn’t want to leave them. I look forward to rereading this book and visiting them when I need comfort and solace.
Pilcher creates an immensely strong sense of place in this novel. What occurs in the pages of this book could only happen in that place at that time with those people. It’s essentially magic. The cyclical nature of the novel combined with Pilcher’s vivid description and absolutely beautiful writing results in a deeply poetic novel.
I really do believe this novel is in my new “favorite books of all time” pile. My goodness, I loved every single piece of it. Do yourself a favor and read it this winter, if you’ve never read it. And if you have, read it again. This was the best book to start off my 2022.
Thank you, Momma.