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A review by hcq
I Will Repay by Baroness Orczy
3.0
I very much enjoyed [b:The Scarlet Pimpernel|136116|The Scarlet Pimpernel|Emmuska Orczy|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1406764899s/136116.jpg|750426], in various forms; first Leslie Howard’s movie version, then Anthony Andrews’, and eventually I got around to the book.
Sloppily, though, I’d stopped there, and failed to realize that there was a series—Sir Percy had more adventures! Sink me! I realized my error the other day, and I’ve happily embarked on catching up.
This is the next book the Baroness wrote in the series (I’m going by publication order, not chronological), and I’m glad to have read it. It’s not as consistently entertaining as the first, but that’s largely because Sir Percy plays a smaller role. He does bring off a grand finish, though, and I’m always more concerned about how a book ends than how it starts, so that worked out for me.
The main story of Juliette’s need for family vengeance against the man she naturally falls in love with was okay, but unmemorable; the dashing bits with Sir Percy were of course far more fun. I think the parts of this that will stay with me the most, though, were the sad echoes of current American politics. The Baroness seems to understand, far better than I do, the way that otherwise kind, caring, sensible people can turn into…something else.
Sloppily, though, I’d stopped there, and failed to realize that there was a series—Sir Percy had more adventures! Sink me! I realized my error the other day, and I’ve happily embarked on catching up.
This is the next book the Baroness wrote in the series (I’m going by publication order, not chronological), and I’m glad to have read it. It’s not as consistently entertaining as the first, but that’s largely because Sir Percy plays a smaller role. He does bring off a grand finish, though, and I’m always more concerned about how a book ends than how it starts, so that worked out for me.
The main story of Juliette’s need for family vengeance against the man she naturally falls in love with was okay, but unmemorable; the dashing bits with Sir Percy were of course far more fun. I think the parts of this that will stay with me the most, though, were the sad echoes of current American politics. The Baroness seems to understand, far better than I do, the way that otherwise kind, caring, sensible people can turn into…something else.