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After all, what can one say about life that hasn't been said before? Jamie, Isabel, Grace, the aptly named Cat, and young Charlie are here presented for our quiet pleasure, going about their lives and moving through their entirely real world. The characters are deeply enmeshed in the pleasure center Leggi tutto

3.5 stars, but 4.5 stars for the Brother Fox storyline. This series, by one of my favorite authors, is a good one for listening to when trying to fall back to sleep. It's not boring, but earthshaking events rarely, if ever happen. The main character is the editor of a philosophical journal, and ther Leggi tutto

I truly enjoy Isabel Dalhousie's philosophical tangents. There are those, I'm sure, for whom they are supremely annoying and all they want is for her to shut up and get back to the story at hand. But I love the weight she gives to questions of ethics and morality that so many of us skip by blithely, Leggi tutto

Having read the previous books in this series, I found this book to be somewhat less enjoyable than prior books in the series. I still enjoyed the visit but found the story-line with Minty and the non-resolution of ***spoiler*** lying, forgery, threats etc. to be less than satisfactory. Isabel's phi Leggi tutto

Писането на Александър Макол Смит е приятно и успокояващо по начин, по-който могат да са приятни неделните следобеди в провинцията. Допълнително удоволствие доставя тънкия хумор, който му е запазена марка. Чудесна книга за лятната ваканция. Leggi tutto

"За благодарността като изгубено умение" на Алегзандър Маккол Смит ни връщам към историята на Изабел Далхаузи. Животът ѝ с Джейми изглежда спокоен, синът ѝ Чарли продължава да расте, а Изабел си е все същата, малко особена, но винаги следваща моралните си принципи и търсеща справедливостта. Нейната Leggi tutto

This is my favorite book of all Alexander McCall Smith's and it is for one huge reason...the poem at the end. While the book is very entertaining and Isabel has numerous situations which cause her to work through various moral dilemmas; her insecurities about Jamie, what to do with the obnoxious Pro Leggi tutto

This book was shelved with the mysteries but it is not a mystery. Nothing happens. There is no plot, no character development, in that the characters as presented in the first chapter are completely unchanged throughout the book. There is no action or adventure. The vocabulary is not outstanding; th Leggi tutto

There is a comfortable familiarity in the Isabel Dalhousie series, which always reminds me of Seinfeld and its 'show about nothing'. Because really, these books are NOT plot-heavy and sort of gently ramble their way through a series of not very exciting events and end in a mild, sputtering anti-clim Leggi tutto

I've had Alexander McCall Smith on my list of authors to read for a long time. He is quite good. I jumped in with the sixth book in a series on a female philosopher in Edinburgh (home of Smith). Isobel is a thoughtful, kind woman and mother of an 18-month-old son. It was as much philosophizing as story Leggi tutto