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Bezig met laden... Thunder on the Right (1957)door Mary Stewart
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. 3.5* Not my favourite of Mary Stewart’s romantic suspense novels ( ) In my quest to revisit all of Mary Stewart’s wonderful romance-mysteries, I have been delighted to find that my memory and reality are much the same. This is a fun, if simple and perhaps too predictable, a romp. I am unsure if I can put a finger on what it is about Stewart that always delights me, but it is here in spades. Fearless heroines, handsome men waiting just in the wings at the appropriate moment, a bit of kissing on the sly, confusion and bouts of clarity, and images of handsome young men flying down mountain passes on blazing stallions. Is there something else the romantic voyeur could desire? Mix that with Stewart’s considerable descriptive talents and you have a bit of magic. At least, I find it so. Meh. Not her best work. Touch Not the Cat was better. The writing was flowery, which is common for the period it was written, but it's really flowery. And heavy on the exposition. The plot itself felt half done; everything moves fast and I don't think the timeline was more than 48 hours (so much exposition!), but it is extremely linear. No red herrings, so suspect pool, do not pass Go, do not collect 200 dollars. But what was there was interesting enough to keep me reading, and there wasn't anything I hated (except the tedious exposition). I just didn't much care about it one way or the other by the end. The romance... eh, not worth mentioning. They can't all be winners, and at least this wasn't a total loser. 2020 reread: This book was not really the best one of Stewart's for me to reread just after finishing "Melmoth the Wanderer" what with the geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Jenny Silver's trip to the Pyrenees is intended to be more than a welcome holiday in a beautiful part of France. Perturbed by a letter from her cousin Gillian who has been like a sister to her, Jenny has come to Gavarnie in an attempt to discover why Gill has entered a convent.On arrival, however, she finds herself caught up in a mesh of intrigue. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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