Girls of the Abbey School - Elsie Oxenham

[watervole]

 
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Into each series a turkey must fall, and this one is a turkey for me.

 

Most of the books I've read in this series are gentle, character-based stories in which plot is pretty light and the moral aspects well handled.

 

This one feels more like an Enid Blyton adventure in which the quiet, gentle abbey is suddenly felt to be insufficient in its own right and acquires hidden tunnels, lost treasures, etc.

 

Dick, as another reviewer has said, is an annoying character with nothing to like at all.  His sister is nearly as bad.

 

The only positive aspect of the book is the introduction of Jen and Jack (I first met them in a later book, and liked them then).

 

The morality is also laid on rather heavily in this book.  Dick having to be persuaded of the benefits of being a 'decent' person.

If aspects of the story were not relevant to later books, I'd say skip this one. To be honest, you could probably work out most of it from context, though...

 

Comments

[vera_j]

You always post very useful information! Not that I would read this book but it is interesting. Thank you!

[watervole]

Thanks! Hopefully I'll read a book that will be of interest to you before long.

[vera_j]

Ah, this is not important. I just like reading your opinions on any books. I am so busy now, a chain of visitors, events in the vilage, around the garden and my animals - the end of summer season is approaching the end and everyone and everything seems to get crazy!:-) I hope your condition is acceptable? Mine is...the same but hey! I am happy enough with that.
I am so grateful for English - I browsed the internet for any help for my damned problem and I found some reports on clinical studies. One was from India and is based on a use of ayurveda and herbs. I know ayurveda is a very ancient and it can help a lot but the herbs are too special and I am sure that the cost would be too much for me. However another study described use of liquid vitamin A which was applied of the tissue. The results were positive - it doesn´t cure but it slows it down. And it really might work, I have been using this method for 7 months and I can see it. Of course, my next check-up will tell me more. In October. I will report on it.

[watervole]

I know what you mean. I love reading SelenaK's reviews of films that I have never seen. She always makes it so interesting.

[watervole]

I hope your next check up brings some positive news.

I'll be talking to the doctor on Tuesday about my asthma. I don't think there's a lot he'll be able to do...

It's a little better now. I'm still having to take too much medication, but at least I'm sleeping a bit better. My ribs ache from the effort of breathing.