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A rather moody enigma with a plethora of fascinating interests.

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Hunter S. Thompson: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Paperback, 1998, Vintage)
Simon Brett: The Faber book of diaries (1987, Faber and Faber)

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Maurice Leblanc: Arsene Lupin Vs. Herlock Sholmes (Paperback, 2001, Wildside Press)
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Pope Pope Francis, Aubrey Botsford: Life (2025, HarperCollins Publishers)
Colleen McCullough, Colleen McCullough: The Thorn Birds (Paperback, 2005, HarperCollins Publishers)

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77% complete! Gertie MacDowell has read 14 of 18 books.

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reviewed The enchanted April by Elizabeth

Elizabeth: The enchanted April (1993, Pocket Books)

"A notice in The Times addressed to 'Those Who Appreciate Wistaria and Sunshine' advertises a …

Only sort of enchanted.

This book started off a bit slow but got going once the four main characters were in Italy. Of course by then the ending was clear as day but I was still wondering how it would all happen, which it does. That said, the plot came a cropper by the end with each character's development becoming progressively more unbelievable and I was left bewildered on the last page and pondering whether, in real life, such personal changes would be permanent.

Overall, not a bad book but not one for the favourite pile.