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sachaferg 's review for:
The Legacy of Elizabeth Pringle
by Kirsty Wark
3.5 stars. i wanted to give it 4 but i can't
the author and the main character of the book both talk about how arran is close to them, they spent summer holidays there with their families, they've always had a connection to it, and i definitely relate to that. my auntie gave me this book last month while we were in arran for the first time since my grandpa died, the whole reason why we went there so often in the first place. because of that i found the mundane parts of the book emotional instead of the plot which was heartbreaking in itself. i teared up reading about lamlash and going to the pier and the ferry coming into brodick.
apart from rambling on and on about the setting i thought the plot was good, i didn't get bored even if it was slow at a lot of bits and nothing really seemed to happen. there was case of not quite insta-love which felt funny and out of place outside of young adult fiction where it's so usually seen. and there was a plot twist that came too late in my opinion. so late that it didn't make the impact it should have made. overall i liked it but honestly i wouldn't have been anywhere near as interested if it had been set anywhere else. but again, if it had i wouldn't have been given the book in the first place
the author and the main character of the book both talk about how arran is close to them, they spent summer holidays there with their families, they've always had a connection to it, and i definitely relate to that. my auntie gave me this book last month while we were in arran for the first time since my grandpa died, the whole reason why we went there so often in the first place. because of that i found the mundane parts of the book emotional instead of the plot which was heartbreaking in itself. i teared up reading about lamlash and going to the pier and the ferry coming into brodick.
apart from rambling on and on about the setting i thought the plot was good, i didn't get bored even if it was slow at a lot of bits and nothing really seemed to happen. there was case of not quite insta-love which felt funny and out of place outside of young adult fiction where it's so usually seen. and there was a plot twist that came too late in my opinion. so late that it didn't make the impact it should have made. overall i liked it but honestly i wouldn't have been anywhere near as interested if it had been set anywhere else. but again, if it had i wouldn't have been given the book in the first place