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I decided to bring Victoria Hislop's second book, 'The Return' as my holiday novel even if we are not in Spain.
I enjoyed it more than her first book The Island even if her format of family secrets coming to light is wearing a bit thin (having said that - I suspect many families have some 'skeletons' in their closets worthy of a novel if we just dig deep enough).
More than anything else, the book gave a good insight to the Spanish civil war. My previous critisism of her simplistic and repetitive language does not apply to this book.
My only objections would be that the story was a bit long winded and the end a bit predictable. There were also some loose ends she could have explored more, but it was still, an enjoyable book and a good holiday read whether you are going to Spain or not!
Antib høres forlokkende ut. God mat,god vin,god temp. og koselige kafèer... Vi har det ganske godt på hytta på Sørlandet også bortsett fra at min mann er litt dårlig(gallestein) slik at vi ikke får gjort ting vi har lyst til.Det blir litt Pimm`s på meg på terrassen i steden. Håper det er bedring i sikte og jeg har ferie til 20 august.
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