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A review by eddie
The Bride of Lammermoor by Walter Scott, J.H. Alexander, Kathryn Sutherland
4.0
My first Walter Scott - read on the 200th anniversary of its first publication in 1819.
It would be very easy to pick this book to pieces - a too slow start and an overly rapid, abrupt ending; minor characters that hog the stage; melodrama galore - but I actually thoroughly enjoyed this magnificent page-turning potboiler. Scott has narrative skills to burn and excels in vivid settings and dramatic scenes.
It would be very easy to pick this book to pieces - a too slow start and an overly rapid, abrupt ending; minor characters that hog the stage; melodrama galore - but I actually thoroughly enjoyed this magnificent page-turning potboiler. Scott has narrative skills to burn and excels in vivid settings and dramatic scenes.