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A review by karna
Taking Chances by Molly Keane
4.0
This is the second book written by Molly Keane I've read, and I really liked it.
I like the way the writer introduces the readers to the main characters at the beginning of her novel: Maeve, blond, beautiful and sure of her love for her fiancé Rowley, her two brother, Roguey, whom she love without seeing his many faults (boring,spendthrift, knocking up a poor country girl) and Jer, her younger brother who is the most sensible and clever of the family, but widely shrugged off.
And then Rowley, the fiancé, and above all Mary, the young bridesmaid who comes to the three sibling's home to attend the wedding.
Both the groom to be and Maeve's brother fell in love with Mary.
And then, chaos arrived.
Mary is the most interesting character: She is extremely beautiful, acts as if she was free, funny and frivolous, whereas she is mainly ruined and must marry well.And only Jer understands it
Rowley do get married to Maeve as predicted, even if he is in love with Mary, so Mary must choose...
They are quite a lot of memorable chapters and events in this book: the fox's hunt with all the characters, the brief passion between Rowley and Mary, the sadness of Maeve when she realizes, far too late, that she is not loved by her husband etc..
The utter blindness of Maeve and Roguey toward Mary and Rowley is well written.
I didn't expect the ending.
The only irritating thing is the name of the characters.
It can't be unintentional that the two girls's names and the man's names are so similar.
I find the choosing of the names Rowley and Roguey very tiresome, and quite childish from the author.
I like the way the writer introduces the readers to the main characters at the beginning of her novel: Maeve, blond, beautiful and sure of her love for her fiancé Rowley, her two brother, Roguey, whom she love without seeing his many faults (boring,spendthrift, knocking up a poor country girl) and Jer, her younger brother who is the most sensible and clever of the family, but widely shrugged off.
And then Rowley, the fiancé, and above all Mary, the young bridesmaid who comes to the three sibling's home to attend the wedding.
Both the groom to be and Maeve's brother fell in love with Mary.
And then, chaos arrived.
Mary is the most interesting character: She is extremely beautiful, acts as if she was free, funny and frivolous, whereas she is mainly ruined and must marry well.And only Jer understands it
Rowley do get married to Maeve as predicted, even if he is in love with Mary, so Mary must choose...
They are quite a lot of memorable chapters and events in this book: the fox's hunt with all the characters, the brief passion between Rowley and Mary, the sadness of Maeve when she realizes, far too late, that she is not loved by her husband etc..
The utter blindness of Maeve and Roguey toward Mary and Rowley is well written.
I didn't expect the ending.
The only irritating thing is the name of the characters.
It can't be unintentional that the two girls's names and the man's names are so similar.
I find the choosing of the names Rowley and Roguey very tiresome, and quite childish from the author.