by Mary Stewart
This was an interesting first dip into the works of Mary Stewart. Stewart created an atmosphere for the story that was almost tangible. It beautifully written and very much made me feel like I was there, on Skye, on a overcast day, just waiting for the clouds to break. Unfortunately, the main ...
Serves me right to select a read based on something other than literary merit. This one fit into my PopSugar Challenge, but unfortunately it was blah. Not bad – Mary Stewart never wrote anything bad – but definitely not her best book. Unlike her other romantic fiction, which usually occurs in some g...
Buddy read with the Mary Steward group. I don't think I can improve on anything anyone else has said but I will admit I was kept guessing right up until the very end and that's even with popping into the discussion feeds so everyone managed to kept the name of the murderer mum. Our heroine is not q...
Buddy read with the Mary Steward group. I don't think I can improve on anything anyone else has said but I will admit I was kept guessing right up until the very end and that's even with popping into the discussion feeds so everyone managed to kept the name of the murderer mum. Our heroine is not q...
Mary Stewart is truly one of the greats. Her books, with their practical heroines and often exotic settings, appeal to the imagination, and she has a way of building tension throughout her narratives in such a way that it reels the reader in easily. Her writing has not only inspired all manner of ro...
A mystery on the Isle of Skye (anyone else grow up with the Skye Boat song?). It was quite creepy in an enjoyable way, and the descriptions are beautiful. I’m not sure what I think about the relationship aspect on this one. [Jan 2011]
Misfits 5* results urges me on...
Page 142, "I turned to look back at Blaven, only to find that the mist was, indeed, rolling down the slopes behind us like a tide of smoking lava. Blaven was already invisible, and a great wall of mist bore steadily across the glen behind us, obliterating the afternoon."Can that woman write or not? ...
trying to be a Mary Stewart completist.***Nicci French will have to be included on the list of Stewart's literary descendants. Killing Me Softly echoes the mountain-climbing danger of this book. Stewart has also presented a lovely twist on the country house murder mystery. And, oh, man, does she evo...
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