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A review by mwgerard
The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Full review: https://www.mwgerard.com/wheel-spins-catch-thief/
The Wheel Spins follows Iris Carr. Snobbish, British, casually flippant, Iris is a young woman on vacation somewhere is a small European village. But her vacation has come to an end and it’s time to begin travelling back home. She tries to avoid the other tourists who are far too friendly for her liking. Miss Froy is a bright young English governess, intent upon spreading manufactured joy no matter the situation. Despite her efforts, she finds she can’t escape the affable Miss Froy.
The Wheel Spins follows Iris Carr. Snobbish, British, casually flippant, Iris is a young woman on vacation somewhere is a small European village. But her vacation has come to an end and it’s time to begin travelling back home. She tries to avoid the other tourists who are far too friendly for her liking. Miss Froy is a bright young English governess, intent upon spreading manufactured joy no matter the situation. Despite her efforts, she finds she can’t escape the affable Miss Froy.
Did she guess that she was being hurried to some operation — doomed to failure, yet recommended solely as an experiment, to satisfy scientific curiosity? Iris had still sufficient sense to know that she was indulging in neurotic and morbid speculation, so she hurriedly smashed up the sequence of her thoughts. ~ Loc. 1568
But when Miss Froy disappears, and everyone else denies ever seeing her, there is no one Iris wants to talk to more. Iris enlists the help of doubtful fellow passengers, both insisting on her existence and beginning to doubt her own sanity.
Hitchcock’s film version became The Lady Vanishes and it is very much like the book. The movie cast Dame Mae Whitty as Miss Froy, an older woman than her book counterpart, and the final solution of the disappearance is more detailed in the film version. But what remains is the snappy dialogue, self-deprecating humor, and genuine suspense.
Hitchcock’s film version became The Lady Vanishes and it is very much like the book. The movie cast Dame Mae Whitty as Miss Froy, an older woman than her book counterpart, and the final solution of the disappearance is more detailed in the film version. But what remains is the snappy dialogue, self-deprecating humor, and genuine suspense.