Title: sad disappointment
Review: Although I had briefly scanned some bad reviews of this novel by one of my favorite authors, Maeve Binchy, I decided to ignore them, and checked it out of my local library. I really tried to stick with it, but was sadly disappointed. I was hoping that some of the other reviewers had overstated the decline in the quality of Binchy's writing, but they did not exaggerate. It's hard for me to believe that, given the wonderful character development and plots of her earlier novels, this one was so poorly drawn. Is she simply fulfilling an obligation for a certain number of novels, perhaps?The 'heart' of Binchy is missing from this one. I couldn't even finish the book, giving up at not quite the halfway point. It's a huge disappointment, because I've always savored Maeve Binchy's books, especially her earlier works which took place in Ireland.
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