Fragole selvatiche

Una comedia muy ligera para leer prácticamente del tirón. He disfrutado muchísimo de 'Fresas silvestres', la típica comedia inglesa sobre una familia de clase alta, llena de enredos amorosos y situaciones absurdas. Es cierto que la primera parte resulta un poquito insulsa porque representa un buen núm Leggi tutto

Cuando empecé a leer esta novela, no sabía muy bien qué iba a encontrarme en su interior. Vamos, lo desconocía todo. Pero lo que sí sabía es que me llamaba mucho la atención. Así que me adentré en sus páginas cual aventurero se interna en la selva, sin saber los peligros que le asechan desde la oscu Leggi tutto

This is not exactly what I had hoped for. The characters are extremely lightly done and not very believable. There are some funny situations. I know it is of its time, but I can’t imagine the town folk being impressed let alone respectful of the slight aristocratic people here.

This book was an absolute mess and used the n word to describe a piece of music for just no reason and I know it was written in the 30s, but you should be warned, as it was awful and jarring. There’s also a subplot about French royalists- which is meant to be charming but in the 1930s probably meant Leggi tutto

Of the three Angela Thirkell novels I have read this is my favourite - it is wonderful! 'Wild Strawberries' is set in a Downton Abbey type world. I say 'type' because there is comedy but no drama. One of the things that fascinates me about classics is the language. As you read books from different pe Leggi tutto

The literary equivalent of eating a cream puff, but it made me laugh.

This was OK. 2.5 stars for me. Only one likable character if you ask me in this book and that was John. His wife, Gay, had died some years ago and he was still sad over her death. He had an older brother who had died in WWI, a younger brother, David, who was an ass who I guess never worked a day in