Vous voulez voir cette page en français ? Cliquez ici.

Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
 
Wild Island
  
Publisher: learn how customers can search inside this book.

Wild Island (Hardcover)

by Antonia Fraser (Author)
2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

Available from these sellers.


8 used from CDN$ 2.20

Product Details

Tag this product

 (What's this?)
Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items.
Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags
 

Customer Reviews

1 Review
5 star:    (0)
4 star:    (0)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:
 (1)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
2.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most helpful customer reviews

 
2.0 out of 5 stars Pretty disappointing, Oct 29 2001
By Carol Peterson Hennekens (Colorado Springs, CO United States) - See all my reviews
(TOP 500 REVIEWER)   
This review is from: The Wild Island (Mass Market Paperback)
I read the first Jemima Shore novel and found it pretty mediocre. Still, they made a television series based on the books so I figured there must be something right about the series. Having just finished the second book in the series, I'm baffled.

In The Wild Island, Jemima heads to a remote Scottish island for a quiet vacation. When she gets there, her host is dead and his odd family is virtually at each other's throats. Turns out the dead host thought he was the legitmate heir to Bonnie Prince Charlie. More deaths follow. Of course, things are sorted out in the end with Jemima in the middle of it - though I'm not sure if she made much of a difference.

Fundamentally, my problem with this series is that I just don't care for Jemima. She isn't a warm character. There is no humor and she takes herself very seriously. I am particularly troubled by her habit of falling into bed with married men (not a bright idea even in these liberated times) and her total lack of remorse. This make two men in two books. I'm hardly a prude but this plot device leaves me cold.

Bottom-line: There's probably a reason why this series faded into the sunset after six or seven books.

Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
Only search this product's reviews


Look for similar items by category

Look for similar items by subject








i.e., each book must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback

Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.