overbooked_va 's review for:

September by Rosamunde Pilcher

3.0

emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Pilcher is an excellent technician and there are genuinely lovely little moments, but she also loves a flighty woman of mystery that everyone is inexplicably captivated by. However said flighty woman really came through in the end in a startlingly moving and emotional sequence. Face it, you’re here for the cozy autumn in Scotland vibes and it delivers. I suppose it’s harder now to be truly invested or sympathetic to the plights of the landed gentry, but you can’t argue with Pilcher’s skill as a wordsmith.