The Book Depository The Christmas Card by Dilly Court
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Description: The Christmas Card : Paperback : Harper Collins Publishers : 9780008137380 : 0008137382 : 03 Nov 2016 : The perfect heartwarming romance for Christmas, rich in historical detail. The Book Depository The Christmas Card by Dilly Court - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Product ID: 9780008137380
MPN: 0008137382
GTIN: 9780008137380
Author: Jackie W
Rating: 5
Review: Love Dilly Court books. Another great story and enjoy the history elements she includes. Highly recommend and am a big fan of her.
Author: Carol
Rating: 3
Review: This book was both a pleasure and a pain to read and in the end I compromised on 3 stars. All was going great until it suddenly became ludicrous. This is set in London in the 1860s; Victorian London; Dickensian London. London of the starving, filth & vermin riddled poor and homeless. London of the wicked sexual behaviour of the rich, of their appalling behaviour & attitude toward the poor, of the vile underbelly of society with its terrifying criminal gangs, and all littered the problems of child prostitution, drink, drugs, and so much more. Yet at about 2 thirds into the book we are to believe that low-life, gang-leader Molly is to be more readily believed, by a police constable, over a well-spoken, middle-class lady? We are also to believe as we reach this pit of literary quicksand, that clever, practical Alice, who has behaved so bravely and with great determination, working actually, and deviously to protect her mother, will suddenly stop behaving & being so? That she’ll meekly allow Flora to go believing that the child will be sold into prostitution? That she’ll allow Frederick & Lydia to walk all over her, blame her, ruin her? That she’ll not defend herself or her actions? Or call out Frederick in his failure to listen to her? Don’t get me started on the fact that the members of one of the most notorious criminal gangs in London (the author told us so), are so easily redeemed? It’s such a lovely idea but…really? Add all that to the fact that she keeps running around London with no companion, at all hours, in some of the worst neighbourhoods, AND NOTHING HAPPENS! There are a couple of ‘almosts’ but miraculously there’s a convenient saviour. Unbelievable. There is more…but hilariously, or insanely, around these quicksand chapters, I enjoyed the story. While I got a good handle on most of the characters, Rory was rather elusive. I didn’t ‘feel’ the romance between him & Alice. It waved vaguely around the edges without establishing itself firmly at the centre. Still…it was a good story, very enjoyable (the dreadful 25% aside which can be skimmed over). Dilly Court’s style is smooth and readable. I’ll try more of her books.
