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aliciagriggs 's review for:
Winter Solstice
by Rosamunde Pilcher
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
This was a nice book, that I enjoyed. It is a good book for winter, as it is cosy and light-hearted.
However, I do think that it dragged on a bit and I felt my interest wane. I also don't think that the depiction of grief was very realistic. The grieving character , though it was brought up every now and then that he was grieving, seemed to just be hunky dorey and content with his life. Also the characters seem to have a false light-heartedness that made it unrealistic, and the teenager often spoke as though she was from the Victorian times, which was quite funny actually .
I think the thing that I disliked the most was the seemingly constant repetition of eating bacon and it was just tedious the amount of times I had to read about meat and fur, and yet these characters were supposed to be incredibly kind and thoughtful people (unrealistically so) so there was a juxtaposition. However, I did enjoy this book and it is a light-hearted read on the whole.
However, I do think that it dragged on a bit and I felt my interest wane. I also don't think that the depiction of grief was very realistic. The grieving character , though it was brought up every now and then that he was grieving, seemed to just be hunky dorey and content with his life. Also the characters seem to have a false light-heartedness that made it unrealistic, and the teenager often spoke as though she was from the Victorian times, which was quite funny actually .
I think the thing that I disliked the most was the seemingly constant repetition of eating bacon and it was just tedious the amount of times I had to read about meat and fur, and yet these characters were supposed to be incredibly kind and thoughtful people (unrealistically so) so there was a juxtaposition. However, I did enjoy this book and it is a light-hearted read on the whole.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Death, Grief