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A review by mrswythe89
Mapp and Lucia by E.F. Benson
3.0
Quick, fun read; pretty much what I expected from the description on the back. You can see at the same time why Auden was a fan and why it isn't that famous any more. It's sharp and clever and occasionally kind, but the characters aren't really vivid or lovable enough, or the prose quite brilliant enough, for it to be a really lasting classic. (Compare Saki, whose every sentence is a perfectly-constructed delight; Wodehouse ditto. Wodehouse's characters aren't any more well-rounded, but his writing is a lot more, mm, deathlessly characteristic.)
Was touched by the part where Lucia rings Georgie and he weeps, but not because he has thus been deprived of his inheritance. Awww. I would prolly love this book passionately if there had been more moments like that, but there's a sort of basic lack of seriousness about the characters -- I mean, it's a decent book. I'd read other Lucia books if I could find them. But it needs something more.
Was touched by the part where Lucia rings Georgie and he weeps, but not because he has thus been deprived of his inheritance. Awww. I would prolly love this book passionately if there had been more moments like that, but there's a sort of basic lack of seriousness about the characters -- I mean, it's a decent book. I'd read other Lucia books if I could find them. But it needs something more.