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A review by susieseeker
Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford
3.0
What a very difficult book for me to assess. Did I finish it? Yes. Did I "like" it? No, not really. So I give it 3 stars, which in this case indicates my ambivalence.
Part of my ambivalence arises from the fact that I did not like nor did I empathize with any of the characters.
And to have this book described by some as a "romantic comedy"? Well, it was certainly not that for me.
This book has also been described as pushing the veil away to allow us to see into the lives of the aristocracy in Britain in 1929. And given that premise, Mitford has done a fabulous job. The problem for me is that I don't like what I see.
I looked up the word "dissolute" to see if it fit my reaction and it does. Here we have a society composed of individuals who are self-centred, don't have to work, do nothing of value, are hedonistic, have far too much money (usually inherited), are complete snobs, are uneducated (particularly the girls) - I could go on.
Mitford has described it well and often amusingly - but under the amusement, on my part, is disgust with this segment of society.
Hence my ambivalence. I won't be reading any other books along this line.
Part of my ambivalence arises from the fact that I did not like nor did I empathize with any of the characters.
And to have this book described by some as a "romantic comedy"? Well, it was certainly not that for me.
This book has also been described as pushing the veil away to allow us to see into the lives of the aristocracy in Britain in 1929. And given that premise, Mitford has done a fabulous job. The problem for me is that I don't like what I see.
I looked up the word "dissolute" to see if it fit my reaction and it does. Here we have a society composed of individuals who are self-centred, don't have to work, do nothing of value, are hedonistic, have far too much money (usually inherited), are complete snobs, are uneducated (particularly the girls) - I could go on.
Mitford has described it well and often amusingly - but under the amusement, on my part, is disgust with this segment of society.
Hence my ambivalence. I won't be reading any other books along this line.