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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0
A let down It's sad to give such a low rating to a book that started out with so masterly a description of the priest, Father Flynn. I'm afraid for me it was downhill all the way after that. Rather than a cohesive book this is a collection of roughly put together stories with a cast of thousands far too many of whom you couldn't care less about.The tales of some of them aren't even resolved by the end of the book. The feel good element was missing and it was not in any way credible that the character introduced as... more info
Lots of little stories rolled into one! I first started reading this about a year ago and got over half way through but gave up because I couldn't get into it. Having nothing to read recently, I thought I would pick it up and have another go as I really do like to finish a book if I can. The story revolves around a sacred well in the middle of the Whitethorn woods in a place called Rossmore. What may appear on the outside to be a quaint and sleepy little Irish town, is revealed to be anything but through the stories of the people that live in and... more info
Whitethorn Woods This is the first Maeve Binchy book I have read and perhaps it's not the best one to start with, as it is not a novel but a series of short stories based on various interconnecting characters.
The characters themselves were mainly interesting enough but I sometimes felt the whole thing was struggling to be complete. It wasn't the kind of writing that grabbed me in the first few pages, but I realize Maeve Binchy's style is more kinda 'feel good factor' rather than 'deep satisfying read'.
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Not a novel, rather... a series of short stories. Each chapter is about a different character and not a continuation of the previous chapter. The characters are lightweight and without substance. Because of the fractured style of the book, there really is no storyline to speak of (short of the repeated mention of St Anne's well). All in all the book was a huge disappointment and not one I would recommend getting.
