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I'm growing to hate Isabel Dalhousie. If I knew her in real life I would avoid her at all costs. But I keep reading these books and I can't say why. The main plots limp along at soap opera pacing and every book is basically the same: Isabel insecure in relationship, spends lots of time fretting and t Leggi tutto

This series was highly recommended to me. While I found it to be well written, I am not sure if I should have read some of the earlier books first. Also, admittedly I probably need to read more of the series to get used to the style. A local school in Edinburg is evaluating candidates to fill the hea Leggi tutto

I admit it--I'm an Alexander McCall-Smith addict! I've read everything he's written thus far, and eagerly await each new volume. His wisdom about human nature is acute--this volume has a couple of wonderful quotes about love: "We do not need to look for reasons for love. It is simply there; it comes Leggi tutto

I enjoy this series, but it's not total love like I feel for his The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. I like this series at 3-4am when I wake up sometimes and don't fall right back to sleep. It won't keep you on the edge of your seat, but the characters and conversation are interesting enough

I just love Isabel Dalhousie and her philosophical meanderings, despite the flaws of the series, which become more obvious with each book. When will Jamie (Isabel's beloved) and Cat (Isabel's niece and Jamie's former girlfriend) be more than two dimensional. Cat hasn't been allowed to grow, despite

I vacillate in my opinion of the Isabel Dalhousie character between finding her rather sweet and charming and finding her insufferaable and irritating. This entry in the series has to be placed in the latter category. The story here is that a school is looking for a new headmaster and has narrowed it Leggi tutto

Although Alexander McCall Smith sometimes puts his main characters in peril they don't, in the end, suffer: leaving the reader feeling happy and content and that all in right in the world! Alexander McCall Smith's writes kindly and humane books which are an antidote to all the crime fiction I read! A Leggi tutto

This is such a sweet series that I feel guilty for not liking it better. If I were the heroine, Isabel Dalhousie, I would now spend several pages on the nature of guilt, why everybody is guilty, why I should or should not feel guilty...It's gotten so I find Isabel one of the most irritating characte Leggi tutto

Well, I had to jump ahead in series missing 3 books but I don't feel bereft about that. Here I find that Isabel is with physically "beautiful" Jamie (as she describes him and thinks of him) and their son Charlie and the housekeeper Grace is still very much evident and helping care for the child as I Leggi tutto

Isabel is starting to bug me, so I might take a break from these. I just want her to develop a spine! Have a real feeling for once, please, that you don't immediately repress! (view spoiler) [And when is she going to realize that she is being manipulated and used by people? Minty did it in the last book, and Jillia (hide spoiler)] Leggi tutto