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carolalovesausten's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.75
meganh123's review against another edition
adventurous
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
5.0
diana_skelton's review against another edition
5.0
"They were married in the old coarse Prayer-book form, and the bride said 'Obey' -- I take this to be their idea of humour, for she looks as obstinate as a mule."
"Whatever fantastic pictures she had from time to time conjured up of married life with Peter, none of them had ever included attendance at village concerts. But of course they would go. She understood now why it was that with all his masquing attitudes, all his cosmopolitan self-adaptations, all his odd spiritual reticences and escapes, he yet carried about with him that permanent atmosphere of security. He belonged to an ordered society, and this was it. More than any of the friends in her own world, he spoke the familiar language of her childhood. In London, anybody, at any moment, might do or become anything. But in a village -- no matter what village -- they were all immutably themselves: parson, organist, sweep, duke's son and doctor's daughter, moving like chessman upon their allotted squares. She was curiously excited. She thought, 'I have married England.'"
"I have a strong suspicion that I am being managed. I should resent it very much, if I were not full of buttered toast and sentiment -- two things, which, as you may have noticed, tend to go together."
"Foster never did anything that was not absolutely correct; this perhaps was his real weakness, for it meant that he lacked imagination, both in his work and in handling the men under him."
"Remorse is eating his soul like a caterpillar in a cabbage."
"Whatever fantastic pictures she had from time to time conjured up of married life with Peter, none of them had ever included attendance at village concerts. But of course they would go. She understood now why it was that with all his masquing attitudes, all his cosmopolitan self-adaptations, all his odd spiritual reticences and escapes, he yet carried about with him that permanent atmosphere of security. He belonged to an ordered society, and this was it. More than any of the friends in her own world, he spoke the familiar language of her childhood. In London, anybody, at any moment, might do or become anything. But in a village -- no matter what village -- they were all immutably themselves: parson, organist, sweep, duke's son and doctor's daughter, moving like chessman upon their allotted squares. She was curiously excited. She thought, 'I have married England.'"
"I have a strong suspicion that I am being managed. I should resent it very much, if I were not full of buttered toast and sentiment -- two things, which, as you may have noticed, tend to go together."
"Foster never did anything that was not absolutely correct; this perhaps was his real weakness, for it meant that he lacked imagination, both in his work and in handling the men under him."
"Remorse is eating his soul like a caterpillar in a cabbage."
scribblinaway's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.5
A murder mystery wrapped in a meditation on what it means to open up and share a life with someone else when you've been used to being alone and independent, with a coda of survivor's guilt. I felt a lot of feelings and even recognized a lot of the literary references.
lisamck's review against another edition
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
sherrahb's review against another edition
funny
mysterious
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? Yes
4.0
sharonus's review against another edition
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Being used to Agatha Christie type mysteries I found this to be painfully slow. It also had far more romance than I expected. So much so that when attention was finally paid to the mysterious death plot point, it seemed to be solved far more quickly and easily than I think it should have. I like my mysteries with a lot of mystery and a little fluff. This seemed mostly fluff with a dash of mystery.
Content Warnings
Minor: Murder and Injury/Injury detail
barbarajean's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
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? Yes
5.0
vstewart76's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
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? Yes
5.0