This book was a joy to read. You get to know the characters on an intimate level. Some are more likeable than others, but all are rich and fully developed. Most will endear themselves to you.Major Pettigrew is a gentleman above all else. Perhaps he is formal to a fault. At first he seems stodgy and ...
I really liked this book. Yes, the characters are caricatures, with exaggerated faults. Yes, the Major comes across as a bit of a stick-in-the-mud. But that all adds to the comedy of manners. The witty dialog had me laughing out loud many times over. Like a television sit-com, do not expect this to ...
I am a bit confused by this book, because it offers a lot of romance novel's clichés and oversimplifications, but it has the setting, the style and the timing of a book of narrative. So, in my sick mind, the rating would be four stars in the first case and two in the second.This cover, by the way, i...
A comfortable readSo much happens in this book, yet nothing happens. That is such an odd statement that I’d better explain.The characters, and their interactions, and the landscape in which they operate, are very well developed as the story progresses. The principal character, Ernest Pettigrew, live...
Beach reading about racism and classism. It won't become a classic, but it was enjoyable enough. It's not really about racism or xenophobia but about the capacity to balance restraint and flexibility, tradition and innovation. The audiobook may have been better than the print version. The reader con...
Buy, Borrow, or Avoid?: Definitely absolutely buy -- and borrow if you can't!Review: I just loved this book. Straight out loved it. The story is seemingly simple -- widower meets widow, develop late in life romance, obstacles get in the way -- but the engaging writing and endearing characters turn...
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