Helpful Score: 2
Tolerable debut novel, it could be better but could be far worse.
I struggled through the first few chapters before resigning it to the bookshelf once more. Why? The 'heroine' is twenty-eight going on eighteen and as usual, the publishers make a hash of the British English to American English translations (please make up your mind Mr Publisher, stick with either Anglicizing or Americanizing text).
New England winters are long and cold so, The English American made a come back to my reading list. I'm glad I finished it and if the truth be told, even enjoyed it but my opinion of Pippa Dunn didn't change - childish, insufferable and a quite probably barking mad...I can only hope that this is not an accurate reflection of Ms Larkin's own personality.
Why it is necessary to portray the token Scot as criminally insane though, I will never work out...
I struggled through the first few chapters before resigning it to the bookshelf once more. Why? The 'heroine' is twenty-eight going on eighteen and as usual, the publishers make a hash of the British English to American English translations (please make up your mind Mr Publisher, stick with either Anglicizing or Americanizing text).
New England winters are long and cold so, The English American made a come back to my reading list. I'm glad I finished it and if the truth be told, even enjoyed it but my opinion of Pippa Dunn didn't change - childish, insufferable and a quite probably barking mad...I can only hope that this is not an accurate reflection of Ms Larkin's own personality.
Why it is necessary to portray the token Scot as criminally insane though, I will never work out...
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