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spendidsuns's review against another edition
5.0
I just think this is such a beautiful and reflective book of the winter season. How anyone could not love winter after reading this is beyond me!
jenniferaimee's review against another edition
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
3.0
I really enjoyed reading this throughout the Christmas season. I probably won't tackle any of the recipes, but I loved reading about them and the author's Christmas traditions.
poppyflaxman's review against another edition
5.0
God, this is glorious. I can't believe it has taken me so long to get around to reading it.
The perfect companion to this time of year. I adored every second.
The perfect companion to this time of year. I adored every second.
dorsetreader's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
5.0
graceoc's review against another edition
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informative
reflective
relaxing
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3.0
This is a collection of recipes and anecdotes and a sort of ode to the winter season.
Being completely honest, I wish I’d listened to the audiobook and read along to get the full experience. That way I could have seen all the photos and recipes.
However overall I really enjoyed myself. I definitely want to read more books about winter. They’re the hardest but also the most rewarding months.
emmkayt's review against another edition
3.0
Very British, very seasonal, beautiful to look at. I started it before Christmas but felt a bit irritated - I didn’t have time to be seasonal myself and Slater is occasionally snobbish and has tiringly impeccable taste, with his little asides about filling his home with white, gold and silver because red is so ‘loud’ at Christmas, the horror of cheap candles, etc. However, I picked it up again on a snowy Christmas Day, and then it was a nice treat, with his little peevish particularities (no charades and games! Stay away with your storebought greenery!) feeling more like signs of personality. The descriptions of food and landscape and legends slide down nicely when you’re feeling seasonal. I’d like to try some of the recipes, though more fool him for saying he never bothers to make panforte- homemade panforte is both easy and the highlight of every Christmas for me. So that’s my own peevish little aside said. 3.5.