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A review by thepurplegiraffe
A Light in the Window by Jan Karon
3.0
But perhaps what he was feeling most deeply of all was this strange, new sense of family as he moved through the line with Cynthia and Dooley. He felt a connection between them that was beyond his understanding, as if the three of them were bound together by the links of a chain.
This book took me a ridiculous amount of time to get through. Granted, it's huge, but still. I got through the first one a lot faster.
I... have mixed feelings about this book. It was Mitford, so it had that sense of comfort that only this kind of book can bring. But it just seemed kind of... dull, I guess? We jump from scene to scene with little in between and don't seem to get anywhere. I didn't like the storyline with Tim and the lady who was creepy and kind of disgusting imo, the drama between Cynthia and Tim in their relationship (can you PLEASE just TALK to each other. it's not hard).
but on the other hand we have the relationship between Tim and Dooley coming fully grown. we have the sweetness that is the lady at the top of the hill whose name escapes me at the moment (there are so many names in this book ugh) (but I love this lady despite not remembering her name) (it'll probably come to me when I don't need it). We have the whole town rallying around Percy and the diner, and Buck Leeper and that whole situation.
one thing I think Jan Karon does so well is making me care about all of the characters. Despite having forgotten their names now that I'm done with the book, while I was reading I had no problem distinguishing between the different Mitford residents. They're all great. (Aside from the aforementioned creepy-and-slightly-disgusting rich old lady). But I can't say I'm the biggest fan of her writing style. The way the book is laid out bothered me by the end. The little snippets were... idk, unnecessary? It just felt like we were spinning our wheels and not getting anywhere.
I went into this assuming I would love it. I didn't love the first... 3/4ths of the book. The ending, I adored. I don't know if I'm going to continue with the series because I have so many other things I want to read and I feel like my time in Mitford may be at a close. Idk.
3.5 stars for this one.
This book took me a ridiculous amount of time to get through. Granted, it's huge, but still. I got through the first one a lot faster.
I... have mixed feelings about this book. It was Mitford, so it had that sense of comfort that only this kind of book can bring. But it just seemed kind of... dull, I guess? We jump from scene to scene with little in between and don't seem to get anywhere. I didn't like the storyline with Tim and the lady who was creepy and kind of disgusting imo, the drama between Cynthia and Tim in their relationship (can you PLEASE just TALK to each other. it's not hard).
but on the other hand we have the relationship between Tim and Dooley coming fully grown. we have the sweetness that is the lady at the top of the hill whose name escapes me at the moment (there are so many names in this book ugh) (but I love this lady despite not remembering her name) (it'll probably come to me when I don't need it). We have the whole town rallying around Percy and the diner, and Buck Leeper and that whole situation.
one thing I think Jan Karon does so well is making me care about all of the characters. Despite having forgotten their names now that I'm done with the book, while I was reading I had no problem distinguishing between the different Mitford residents. They're all great. (Aside from the aforementioned creepy-and-slightly-disgusting rich old lady). But I can't say I'm the biggest fan of her writing style. The way the book is laid out bothered me by the end. The little snippets were... idk, unnecessary? It just felt like we were spinning our wheels and not getting anywhere.
I went into this assuming I would love it. I didn't love the first... 3/4ths of the book. The ending, I adored. I don't know if I'm going to continue with the series because I have so many other things I want to read and I feel like my time in Mitford may be at a close. Idk.
3.5 stars for this one.