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A review by nicoleankenmann
A Dangerous Place by Jacqueline Winspear
4.0
Audiobook: 09hr 47m
It's hard to see Maisie happy and at peace only in past and future tense. At the end of the last book we are left hopeful for our literary heroine and we come into this story with several years collapsed in which all the bright and beautiful things have already happened. Our hopes of a Compton Trio are dashed from nearly the first line.
Though I hope she won't be alone forever, I understand from the perspective of a storyteller why Winspear chose to close that happy chapter of Maisie's life so quickly. She's most productive as a character when carrying (read: avoiding) personal tension and grief, so throwing her back into such a state makes sense. But it does leave the whole book tasting a bit like melancholia.
That said, I think A Dangerous Place successfully launches Miss Dobbs into the next phase of her life and career. Looking forward to seeing where she goes from here.
It's hard to see Maisie happy and at peace only in past and future tense. At the end of the last book we are left hopeful for our literary heroine and we come into this story with several years collapsed in which all the bright and beautiful things have already happened. Our hopes of a Compton Trio are dashed from nearly the first line.
Though I hope she won't be alone forever, I understand from the perspective of a storyteller why Winspear chose to close that happy chapter of Maisie's life so quickly. She's most productive as a character when carrying (read: avoiding) personal tension and grief, so throwing her back into such a state makes sense. But it does leave the whole book tasting a bit like melancholia.
That said, I think A Dangerous Place successfully launches Miss Dobbs into the next phase of her life and career. Looking forward to seeing where she goes from here.