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A Kind Man (2011)

by Susan Hill(Favorite Author)

3.66 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0701185910 (ISBN13: 9780701185916)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Chatto & Windus

review 1: A slight book of under 200 pages, but oh so impressive - a simple gentle romance against an understated background of rural life and times of economic depression in the 1920's/30's. It is beautifully written with a great economy of style, and elegiac evocative descriptions conveying the sense of place, period and character. Some reviewers seemed irritated by the fact the characters accepted their fate of poverty, death, multi- pregnancies etc. but wasn't that often the reaction at that time - people generally did not question what life threw at them, or what they were told by authority figures e.g. the doctor. I could not put the book down. Despite-the overall tale of sadness, it does end on a note of optimism for Eve's life in future.
review 2: A book... more of two halves. I love Susan Hill and the first half of the book was really good. She writes so beautifully about human nature and relationships and the focus on loss and grief was so moving. However, I did not enjoy the second half. I don t want to spoil it so won t say too much but I felt it really detracted from the beautiful first half and the ending was disappointing. Still a great read although frustrating that the last twenty pages are chapters of another book. Why?? It was a thin book anyway priced at £6.99 and it felt a bit cheeky to then put two chapters of another book at the end. less

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