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A review by winemakerssister
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
4.0
This is an interesting book to review. It's the first volume in an historical mystery series, but there's not much of a mystery. It probably should be billed as a prequel because it's primarily a book of world-building - of telling Maisie's background story. But honestly that wasn't a problem for me because I enjoyed reading about Maisie's earlier life.
The premise is quite interesting and I am looking forward to continuing with the series. Maisie was a servant girl who was discovered to be highly intelligent and intuitive. As a teenager, she was tutored while she continued to do her work as a maid, and later attended the ladies' college at Cambridge. She left Cambridge to serve as a nurse in France during the Great War. Ten years after the war, Maisie sets up an Investigation/Psychology practice which will, of course, lead to lots of detecting. Her method of detecting was taught to her by her tutor/mentor and includes some Zen and psychological techniques. I really like the groundwork that has been laid in this book and look forward to the next in the series.
PIFM - July 2021 (3)
The premise is quite interesting and I am looking forward to continuing with the series. Maisie was a servant girl who was discovered to be highly intelligent and intuitive. As a teenager, she was tutored while she continued to do her work as a maid, and later attended the ladies' college at Cambridge. She left Cambridge to serve as a nurse in France during the Great War. Ten years after the war, Maisie sets up an Investigation/Psychology practice which will, of course, lead to lots of detecting. Her method of detecting was taught to her by her tutor/mentor and includes some Zen and psychological techniques. I really like the groundwork that has been laid in this book and look forward to the next in the series.
PIFM - July 2021 (3)