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The Mapping of Love and Death
by Jacqueline Winspear
adventurous
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
We return to Maisie Dobbs in The Mapping of Love and Death. We jump straight into a mystery dealing with, you guessed it, lingering side effects of the war. In this story we have an American family with deep English roots looking for answers after their son enlisted in the war, with an English unit that was focused on cartology, and didn't come home. There were some discrepancies regarding how he passed, inheritance issues, as well as letters to a wartime love that his parents wished to track down. The stakes were raised even hire after his parents were attacked on their search for the truth.
While Maisie is working on solving this twisty and dangerous mystery she also deals with the weight of Maurice's worsening condition.
Other than the what's new Scooby doo way this mystery was resolved this was a really good one. While I agree the Maisie should eventually meet someone and fall in love this felt really forced and as if it moved much too quickly.
It sometimes feels as thought Maisie herself couldn't care less and just agrees to all dates regardless of how she thinks of the person. The moment she accepted she had feelings really confused me as I thought she didn't like/trust him much. It seems you can put any faceless man on her arm and she'll just carry on. It was better when she used her love for Simon as a clutch against men...
It just seemed so unnecessary against what was happening with Maurice. He seems like a shoulder to lean on and nothing more. Maybe the next book will change that for me.
I enjoy the series and will most likely continue it as I do really like Maisie though she is sometimes difficult to understand and distant even to the reader. I'd understand that more if the book has been written in the 1940's but the book is modern and has a lot of modern sensibilities so it's more of a creative choice I don't really agree with.
While Maisie is working on solving this twisty and dangerous mystery she also deals with the weight of Maurice's worsening condition.
Other than the what's new Scooby doo way this mystery was resolved this was a really good one. While I agree the Maisie should eventually meet someone and fall in love this felt really forced and as if it moved much too quickly.
It sometimes feels as thought Maisie herself couldn't care less and just agrees to all dates regardless of how she thinks of the person. The moment she accepted she had feelings really confused me as I thought she didn't like/trust him much. It seems you can put any faceless man on her arm and she'll just carry on. It was better when she used her love for Simon as a clutch against men...
It just seemed so unnecessary against what was happening with Maurice. He seems like a shoulder to lean on and nothing more. Maybe the next book will change that for me.
I enjoy the series and will most likely continue it as I do really like Maisie though she is sometimes difficult to understand and distant even to the reader. I'd understand that more if the book has been written in the 1940's but the book is modern and has a lot of modern sensibilities so it's more of a creative choice I don't really agree with.