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A review by the_naptime_reader
The Buccaneers by Edith Wharton
4.0
I was already a fan of Wharton going into this book. She writes so beautifully and has such interesting characters. She certainly captures this particular period of time well. She wrote what she knew, and her own life experiences certainly play a role in parts of this story. I adored the first 29 chapters that she wrote. It reminded me a little of Downtown Abbey.
It’s such a shame that she died and did not finish the book though. While I know that Mainwaring was an expert on Wharton and followed her synopsis, we’ll never know exactly what she would have said. For me there was a clear shift in the voice and style for the last 12 chapters that Mainwaring wrote.
4.5 stars for Edith, 3 for Marion, so I made it 4 stars.
It’s such a shame that she died and did not finish the book though. While I know that Mainwaring was an expert on Wharton and followed her synopsis, we’ll never know exactly what she would have said. For me there was a clear shift in the voice and style for the last 12 chapters that Mainwaring wrote.
4.5 stars for Edith, 3 for Marion, so I made it 4 stars.