End of Summer

Rating:
Summary: Easy reading, but not one of Rosemunde Pilcher's best.
Review: "The End of Summer" was true to the Rosemunde Pilcher formula: conflicted heroine torn between two men. It was easy reading, predictable, but lacked the depth and character development of "Coming Home" and "The Shell Seekers." If you're looking for summer vacation or airport reading and you like Ms. Pilcher's work, this would fill the bill.

Rating:
Summary: Easy reading, but not one of Rosemunde Pilcher's best.
Review: "The End of Summer" was true to the Rosemunde Pilcher formula: conflicted heroine torn between two men. It was easy reading, predictable, but lacked the depth and character development of "Coming Home" and "The Shell Seekers." If you're looking for summer vacation or airport reading and you like Ms. Pilcher's work, this would fill the bill.

Rating:
Summary: A good but not perfect Pilcher outing
Review: If you have never read Rosamunde Pilcher, start with Coming Home or The Shell Seekers or even the recent Winter Solstice. All are great representives of Pilcher's unique character-driven novels. This one, though fine, is too short in length as well as in character detail. It is a fine little "Pilcher fix", if you are a fan.

Rating:
Summary: --Another pleasant story by Rosamunde Pilcher--
Review: THE END OF SUMMER is the story of Jane Marsh, a young woman of Scottish heritage who has been brought up in California. Jane lost her mother when she was very young and her father, a writer, relocated to the United States. One night, David Stewart, an attorney, arrives from Scotland and Jane learns that her grandmother wants her to come back for a visit. The loving memories of Elvie, her grandmother's home resurface and Jane finds it a perfect time to go since her father seems to have finally found a woman to love.

Jane feels that returning to Scotland is just what she needed. David Stewart turns out to be a great guy and becomes a trusted companion. She and her grandmother are delighted to be reunited and being back at Elvie is wonderful. The only problem is her cousin Sinclair. He was the companion of her youth, he's handsome and dynamic and she's always loved him.

This is not Pilcher's best book, but still worth reading.








Rating:
Summary: This is an older book
Review: The reason this feels less in-depth than Pilcher's major novels is that this is actually an early novel that was re-released after she became a bestseller. Not to worry -- she is currently working on a new one, due out by Fall 2004. Meanwhile, try Winter Solstice and September, both of which I liked even better than The Shell Seekers......