Lucy EnglishCríticas
Autor(a) de Children of Light
8 Works 33 Membros 4 Críticas 1 Favorited
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Girl Ghosted
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fictionalblonde | Apr 10, 2019 | This is a short but satisfying read set in that period of the seventies when hippiedom was at its height. It’s evocative of its era without being overly nostalgic and convincingly conveys the highs and lows of rural life as a group of friends live out their dream in a damp and crumbling manor house in Norfolk. The charcters are great. I particularly liked eternal (and maddening) schoolboy Don. I would like to have known a bit more about lumpy and ineffectual Helen and why she had sunk so low, but there was no denying she was a recognisable type. When the heroine Tessa visits the house many years afterwards we see how the dream came crashing down, but the ending has just the right note of peaceful resolution. On a dark winter’s evening this book had just the right balance of joyful escapism and grim reality and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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debutnovelist | 1 outra crítica | Nov 24, 2009 | It is indeed a refreshing and an awesome book . it highlihts various relationships man has to face in life.the author tells us about the childhood of a girl mireille, her relationship with her parents,how her life changes as she grows up is very nicely put.give it a try.
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lizzyjane | Aug 3, 2009 | LUCY ENGLISH – OUR DANCING DAYS…Now what on earth was that all about…..?
I read this on the back of Lucy English’s previous novel Children of Light – which I had found excellent. I found the first few pages very interesting and set the scene well… then we went off on a journey around and through a number of characters, none of which I was particularly sympathetic or even interested in. They were predictable cardboard cut outs…Downward spiral to tragedy…the death scene was thrown away, and I still expected the hero/villain to appear at the end of the book. Boring and trite. BCID: 592-3534079
I read this on the back of Lucy English’s previous novel Children of Light – which I had found excellent. I found the first few pages very interesting and set the scene well… then we went off on a journey around and through a number of characters, none of which I was particularly sympathetic or even interested in. They were predictable cardboard cut outs…Downward spiral to tragedy…the death scene was thrown away, and I still expected the hero/villain to appear at the end of the book. Boring and trite. BCID: 592-3534079
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