CoffeeAndThorn reviewed Bird in the Window by Wendy Dalrymple
Review of 'Bird in the Window' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I heard the audio version of this book (Scribd) as a companion for running. It’s light, it’s engaging, it has lots of positive female characters, and a plot that certainly helped the kilometres to pass without boredom. I did spot one of the baddies early on in the story – but perhaps I just read too many of these books so I know the signs! I didn’t really mind that – it’s great to go through a book with a bit of smug suspicion, and even so the ending remained a gratifying surprise. The only thing I really didn’t like were the sex scenes – I often do like sex scenes, but the clinically anatomical descriptions in this one seemed quite out of character with the cosy mystery feel of the book. (At one point I started to wonder if these bits of the narrative had been pasted in afterward, …
I heard the audio version of this book (Scribd) as a companion for running. It’s light, it’s engaging, it has lots of positive female characters, and a plot that certainly helped the kilometres to pass without boredom. I did spot one of the baddies early on in the story – but perhaps I just read too many of these books so I know the signs! I didn’t really mind that – it’s great to go through a book with a bit of smug suspicion, and even so the ending remained a gratifying surprise. The only thing I really didn’t like were the sex scenes – I often do like sex scenes, but the clinically anatomical descriptions in this one seemed quite out of character with the cosy mystery feel of the book. (At one point I started to wonder if these bits of the narrative had been pasted in afterward, and possibly written by a man!)
The narration is spot on, and brought each of the characters to life. Great characters. Altogether a nice book for a careless afternoon (or a week of running).