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A review by ehays84
A Light in the Window by Jan Karon
3.0
Well, I did finish this, even though there was an almost 4 year gap in the middle. Life has been extremely busy for me the last 4 years, but I am proud that I finally did finish this. I really hate to abandon books.
I think I overall liked the first one of the series better, but these books still hit a kind of sweet spot. They hit that spot more for my wife than for me, and the reason I even started the second one of series 4 years ago was as night time reading with Amy. The characters run these stories, and the plots are pretty good too. The setting of the mountains of North Carolina is very nice too. And on a more personal note, the fact that the main character is a priest in the Anglican tradition is a plus as well.
But the downside is that the books are so episodic and choppy. I would prefer that she would spend more time on the scenes she has created because I do think she has some real chops as a writer, but that is tough to see when the way the books are written is so much about what a certain character is going to do next. In a lot of ways, these books would make a great BBC style or A and E mini-series. Not sure why that hasn't happened yet. I'd prefer to watch those than read these. If they made that, the show would probably be somewhat like Doc Martin.
I could read more of these down the line, but I really don't need to. I think even many folks who love these books would admit that they are kind of cotton candy reading.
I think I overall liked the first one of the series better, but these books still hit a kind of sweet spot. They hit that spot more for my wife than for me, and the reason I even started the second one of series 4 years ago was as night time reading with Amy. The characters run these stories, and the plots are pretty good too. The setting of the mountains of North Carolina is very nice too. And on a more personal note, the fact that the main character is a priest in the Anglican tradition is a plus as well.
But the downside is that the books are so episodic and choppy. I would prefer that she would spend more time on the scenes she has created because I do think she has some real chops as a writer, but that is tough to see when the way the books are written is so much about what a certain character is going to do next. In a lot of ways, these books would make a great BBC style or A and E mini-series. Not sure why that hasn't happened yet. I'd prefer to watch those than read these. If they made that, the show would probably be somewhat like Doc Martin.
I could read more of these down the line, but I really don't need to. I think even many folks who love these books would admit that they are kind of cotton candy reading.