Reviews

The Care and Management of Lies by Jacqueline Winspear

skpatton's review against another edition

4.0

If you love historical fiction about WWI, as I do, you'll enjoy this book.

mb101's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

lindasdarby's review against another edition

3.0

I did not love this book. I really wanted to love it but it never really came together for me. I kept waiting for something, anything really to happen. The letters about food I realize were supposed to be love letters and endearing but the food sounded so gross. I started skipping the letters altogether. To top it all off I hated the ending. I don't care how good a book is if you mess up the ending then forget it.

nicolerose3's review against another edition

2.0

This was one of the most unsatisfying books I've read in a while. I understand the ending was fairly indicative of reality in war time, but it was too abrupt. The beginning was slow, the story in the middle was engaging, and the end was terrible. Ugh. I remember now why I don't many books set in wartime.

kittykornerlibrarian's review against another edition

2.0

I didn't finish it. I thought the author was trying to tell too many stories in the same book, and I ended up not caring about any of them.

leavingsealevel's review against another edition

2.0

I didn't like the END.

greenrain's review against another edition

4.0

I feel that WWI is often glossed over here in the states, but it had such an impact on later world events and the lives of millions of people, particularly in the Commonwealth and rest of Europe, that I feel compelled to learn more and more about it. This novel was wonderful in other ways, as well, tackling the ways in which people grow apart and how we keep the hard truth from those we love in order to protect them. Overall this was a very well written book, and I would recommend it.

vireogirl's review against another edition

4.0

Gah. WWI was terrible. Several angles are shown here, more so than the Maisie Dobbs books.

evie1279's review

adventurous emotional informative mysterious

5.0

margaretpinard's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

4.5

That ending!!!! 😭😭😭😭