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A review by winstonandbooks
The Tea Planter's Wife by Dinah Jefferies
2.0
The premise of this book had a lot of potential. A fascinating setting, a budding mystery, an interesting time period... but unfortunately the book fell short.
This book is SSLLLLOOOOWWWWWW. The characters are incredibly underdeveloped and border on stereotypes. The plot, while it had the possibility to be incredibly intriguing, turns out to be flat and thin. The book is heavily dependent on dialogue between characters (BORING dialogue) that does little to move the actual plot, which is quickly wrapped up in the end within - who would have guessed? - dialogue. Also, there is some major white savior complex going on in this book, which really turned me off.
If I had to describe this book in one word, it would be "disappointing." I don't recommend it.
This book is SSLLLLOOOOWWWWWW. The characters are incredibly underdeveloped and border on stereotypes. The plot, while it had the possibility to be incredibly intriguing, turns out to be flat and thin. The book is heavily dependent on dialogue between characters (BORING dialogue) that does little to move the actual plot, which is quickly wrapped up in the end within - who would have guessed? - dialogue. Also, there is some major white savior complex going on in this book, which really turned me off.
If I had to describe this book in one word, it would be "disappointing." I don't recommend it.