Reviews

The Care and Management of Lies by Jacqueline Winspear

sra_az_reads's review against another edition

2.0

Had to set this one aside. Too many food descriptions for this girl. Also too much heart-break. May try it again later on...

sassysparky's review against another edition

3.0

Oh my this book was lovely and sad.

kirstenrose22's review against another edition

4.0

I liked this, though it went in unexpected directions. I liked the foodie parts (though she went rather quickly from a novice cook to someone who definitely knew her way around a kirchen, if you ask me). The ending was sad and I'm not sure what to tjink of the last page..... Still pondering that one. Overall, it was good.

agrinczel's review against another edition

3.0

I listened to this, and I did finish it, but I honestly had a difficult time getting into it. I really didn't connect with the people.

polyhy_14's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

applegnreads's review against another edition

4.0

lies, lies, lies
the pointlessness of war
the mouthwatering juxtaposition of ingredients
the questioning of who we are
trying to tell a better truth

fuzzkins's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.75

reikista's review against another edition

4.0

The story of Kezia, who trained as a teacher, but became a farmwife; her husband, Tom, who wound up volunteering for the Army in the Great War; and her friend, his sister, Tea, who started out as a pacifist and wound up as an ambulance driver in France. It is partly a lvoe story, through the description of dinners Kezia sent Tom in the mail to the front. Touching, powerful, but much more descriptive and less plot driven than her other books.

Learned more about the front in France in the Great War, village and farm life in England at the time, the feminist and pacifist movements, the strains and disloyalties and power struggles on the front.

_lilbey_'s review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

mary_elizabeth's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0