annagracek 's review for:

Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher

3.0

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2.5 stars. Maybe I’ve just read too many Rosamunde Pilcher stories in a row and I’m finally tiring of the “lonely people with magical inheritances in gorgeous wild Cornwall and/or Scotland” routine, but this book, though it does feature two delightful characters in particular, felt to me mired in mediocrity, and both overly long and overly simple. I never regret a few hours spent in her world, though—a world where kindness and tenderness always have the final word. It’s nice to think that some of us haven’t given up on that, even if the details feel trite or less than sophisticated. Kindness, I suppose, is rarely sophisticated.