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A review by terryliz
A Distant View of Everything by Alexander McCall Smith
3.0
In this latest installment of the Isabel Dalhousie series, we see the introduction of Magnus, Isabel and Jamie's new baby. There are little scenes where Charlie, their first son, comes to terms with not being the baby anymore with the usual petty jealousies of a first sibling.
Isabel runs into an old schoolmate who begs for Isabel's help in finding out the true character of a man she's introduced to another friend. Isabel, of course, cannot resist and usually I find her delicate sleuthing engaging, but this time, I felt like she really went out of her way to find information out for someone who wasn't particularly close to her about people she didn't even know; it rang a little false to me.
This was an easy enough read, but a bit ho hum for me and I've read all the books in this series. Perhaps there will be more excitement in the next installment as Magnus gets older.
Isabel runs into an old schoolmate who begs for Isabel's help in finding out the true character of a man she's introduced to another friend. Isabel, of course, cannot resist and usually I find her delicate sleuthing engaging, but this time, I felt like she really went out of her way to find information out for someone who wasn't particularly close to her about people she didn't even know; it rang a little false to me.
This was an easy enough read, but a bit ho hum for me and I've read all the books in this series. Perhaps there will be more excitement in the next installment as Magnus gets older.