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Summary: No passion
Review: I picked up this title hoping to lose myself in an engrossing tale with some emotional intensity to it. Instead, I found myself asking over and over again, "Why am I still reading?" I am not familiar with Ms. Davis-Goff's other writings, so perhaps this was simply not her best effort. The story became duller and thinner as I continued to slog through the Irish mists which it attempts to invoke. The beginning of the story drew me in, as the main character, 20-year old Daisy Creed, finds her life suddenly altered by the coming of war. Sadly, as soon as Daisy marries and moves to Ireland the narrative becomes attenuated to the point that I lost sympathy for her and her eccentric in-laws. The author's attempts to insert short snippets of Irish history into the narrative were annoying and not sufficiently illuminating for a reader who comes to the story without a background knowledge of the subject. There were also some careless flaws in sentence structure that left me wondering whether anyone read the proofs before publication. Handled more carefully, this story might have been full of a subtle, haunting ambience. I kept thinking this elusive goal was just disappearing around the next page as I read, but I was never able to catch up to it. The title says it all. Frustrating.
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Summary: If Jane Austen was Irish
Review: I read this over one weekend. Daisy Creed is like any good Austen heroine. She's plucky, determined, and Davis-Goff spices up rich writing with biting commentary on the manners and motivations of a different time and place. I can't say I knew anything about Ireland before I read the book. Now I want to go there. I just fear that sixty years after the action of this book takes place, I won't find what I'm looking for anywhere except in another novel.
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Summary: A Wonderful Book!
Review: If you're looking for a lot of Irish blarney, this book is not for you. However, if you appreciate a subtle but moving story by a surperbly talented writer, try this book. Daisy is a terrific heroine and her coming of age story will move you to tears.
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Summary: A hidden treasure
Review: This book at first seemed like any other ww1 story but as i got into it, you learn about daisy and her struggle to get through the war without her husband. Her struggles make her face her husbands family which was a hard task for her. With many unanswered questions, she gets through it all with lust, a murder, and mystery that surounds the family during this hard time. i would recommened this book to anyone who loves a good mystery within a ww1 story of survival
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Summary: Read Angelas Ashes
Review: This book is not worth the time or effort. If you are interested in the Irish people, I would recommend "Angelas Ashes" or "Trinity".
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Summary: This pore little rich girl has such a hard life
Review: This pore little rich girl has such a hard life. If you want to know about real Irish people and the Irish experience you are better served to read Angelas Ashes by Frank Mccourt. I wish I could give this book negative stars.
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