Arlene Phillips

Halfway through, and am thoroughly enjoying it. Best fiction book I have read for some time. Not too many characters to confuse you, no swearing or explicit sex, moves along without any 'faffing' A Good Read ., in my opinion

I looked forward to this it had so many accolades, and I expected a nice stroll through the beauty of scenery, the innocence of the past generations, of calming tales of time gone by...WHAT , a rather foul mouthed old father, a miserable unhappy lad , the discontented mother , the sadness of their struggles and poverty, got to page 75 and frlt I'd had enough, oh yes there was some lovely stories of Nature in the old days, but sorry it didn't make up for the misery of their time.

On page 70 and am finding it hard to get to grips with it, it doesn't seem to stay in one place. And not quite getting what she's upset about.

Just couldn't get on with it, almost smutty with sexual descriptions, no real joined up incidents. Started jumping pages given up before halfway through. Borrowed another of her books from library, I do hope it's an improvement.

Halfway through, bored, bored bored , repetitive and unreal

I'm not sure about it, got to page 70 , don't like the use of the " f" word nor his randy attitude to women. Despite telling a few animal stories I feel it is more a story of Bruce Fogle with lots of name dropping, after reading a few of the reviews I see I am not alone. Don't know whether I'll read any more., 'All creatures Great and Small ' a far better read.

I've got to page suxty and can't really get to grips with this book and know what it is about ! The rather unfriendliness of the sisters and the jumping from scene to scene withh Hassie makes it hard to concentrate, Can't make out where Robert fits in, Sorry going back on the library shelf, pity as I was interested as the cover made it look inviting. Maybe it got better, but I'll never know.

Got to page 49 and can't get into the story, an awful lot of Nature " embroidery, fill in . taking back to library, can 'see me getting through the next 550 pages,pity as it sounded promising

Too many people in first few pages, lost track of who was who, soon sorted but a bit repetitive and slow

I have got to page 83 and have learned more about racing, skiing, and skating, he appears , so far, more interested in telling us about his achievements ! But I'll carry on