I enjoyed the story. The author did a good job with the descriptions of the setting and the characterizations of the local people and their language. The descriptive words of the setting and dialect were interesting. The different characters in the story who stayed at the inn were the kind of people who would make a vacation at such a place a fun time.
I think the author took it for granted that the reader had read previous books in the series because she kept bringing up characters without much of a background of who they were. I have read most of her other novels so I knew who she was talking about but it could be annoying to a reader who did not know the past history of people mentioned in this book.
The story written in the journal was interesting and brought into the main story very well. I liked the ending of the book the way the author tied together the journal and the present day.
Some people might consider the book preachy but that I don't believe was overdone considering who was the main character.
I thought the part about signing the guest book was funny. And Father Tim's secretary had quite the sense of humor.
Rather similar to the last book (Grave Consequences) I liked the people and the plot but had a lot of things I didn't like. It wasn't the best or the worst, just okay. Like you, I though the author did a good job with the people and setting. I enjoyed the characters and the dual plot line. It reminded me of being in Ireland, which was pleasant.
I disliked the religious direction it took toward the end. It felt pushy to me (in fact I think Evelyn said the same thing once, though she did convert (?- confess?). I just skimmed over those sections since they didn't particularly interest me.
The other thing that irked me was the choppy writing. The author consistently wrote sentences without verbs "Tim and Cynthia at the inn." (for example). And then they would switch locations or conversations without any warning. There were several times I had to backtrack to figure out when things changed.
The best part was Father Tim's secretary. Her emails had me in stitches.
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I enjoyed the story. The author did a good job with the descriptions of the setting and the characterizations of the local people and their language. The descriptive words of the setting and dialect were interesting. The different characters in the story who stayed at the inn were the kind of people who would make a vacation at such a place a fun time.
I think the author took it for granted that the reader had read previous books in the series because she kept bringing up characters without much of a background of who they were. I have read most of her other novels so I knew who she was talking about but it could be annoying to a reader who did not know the past history of people mentioned in this book.
The story written in the journal was interesting and brought into the main story very well. I liked the ending of the book the way the author tied together the journal and the present day.
Some people might consider the book preachy but that I don't believe was overdone considering who was the main character.
I thought the part about signing the guest book was funny. And Father Tim's secretary had quite the sense of humor.
Rather similar to the last book (Grave Consequences) I liked the people and the plot but had a lot of things I didn't like. It wasn't the best or the worst, just okay. Like you, I though the author did a good job with the people and setting. I enjoyed the characters and the dual plot line. It reminded me of being in Ireland, which was pleasant.
I disliked the religious direction it took toward the end. It felt pushy to me (in fact I think Evelyn said the same thing once, though she did convert (?- confess?). I just skimmed over those sections since they didn't particularly interest me.
The other thing that irked me was the choppy writing. The author consistently wrote sentences without verbs "Tim and Cynthia at the inn." (for example). And then they would switch locations or conversations without any warning. There were several times I had to backtrack to figure out when things changed.
The best part was Father Tim's secretary. Her emails had me in stitches.
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