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Recommendation: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers
PTSD and generational tensions regarding war service didn’t start with the Vietnam War. Both are explored in Sayer’s Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers is another delightful Lord Peter Wimsey novel. … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, British, Crime fiction, Fiction, General adult audience, Novel, Uncategorized
Tagged about more than just murder, convoluted plot, death, effects of war, good out loud, good place to start, intricate, Lord Peter Wimsey, Lord Peter Wimsey novel, men and women, mental illness, moral injury, Murder, mystery, observant, plot driven, police, rich setting, well written, wills and inheritance, WWI
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Bucketlists and marriages of convenience: The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery uses a bunch of tropes before they were popular
The Blue Castle was L.M. Montgomery’s only book written for adults and my favourite of her non-Anne books. Really the only difference between it and her young adult novels is that the heroine is 29 and unmarried teen pregnancy is … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, 20th Century Light Fiction, Canadian, Fiction, General adult audience, Light Fiction, Novel, Romance, Young Adult
Tagged Canada, cats, classic tropes, death, drunkness, family, fiction, individualism, L.M. Montgomery, lighthearted read, marriage of convenience, romance, spinsterhood, teen pregnancy
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