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Rincey
Aug 05, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 2012
View my full review here: http://youtu.be/CUdUlpxfsoA ...more
Kerry
Maaan, I really really liked this!

First of all, it's about very poor people who live in a castle in England. And the narrator isn't too despairing about it. So that's fun. And there's a big deal made about a guy's beard. (An American, for that matter.) The different characters verge on being caricatures, but don't quite make it there, in my opinion, so that's good too. (Like Topaz! At first I thought I was going to hate her but I ended up adoring her.)

I like Jane Austen and it's kind of like a J
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Jenny
May 23, 2010 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: read-2010
I can't tell you exactly why I found this book so charming and compellingly readable but I did. Though it was written in 1948 (and it's definitely set between the wars), the voice of the main character, Cassandra, is shockingly contemporary. Though the novel is filled with a vast array of eccentric characters including the castle that Cassandra and her family live in, it's the character of Cassandra and her mix of savvy and innocence that really kept me reading. Into a coming of age story, Dodie ...more
Keturah
Apr 05, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: classics
I don't know where to begin with this one. I tried to read this book once before, but wasn't able to get past the first chapter. And again I found it difficult to "get into" the book when reading it this time. However, I'm extremely glad I did "get into" it. It's now most definitely one of my favorite books. Why? Is it the quirky heroine? The castle setting? The quietly amusing dialogue and musings? I think it's a combination of all these things. ...more
Deb
Dec 09, 2011 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fiction
4.5 stars

It was with regret that I read the last page. I loved the narrator, and now I miss her.

I had seen the movie a few years ago & pretty much forgot the whole plot. Some months ago, I recorded it for future viewing and allowed myself to watch it only after finishing the book. In a word: disappointing. The book is so wonderful, and I think the movie tried to keep too much of the plot, which made it confusing and far shallower than the book. Also, the best part of the book is the narrative vo
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Alisa
Apr 06, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: ya, book-club
I'm ready to be an 18-year-old girl in a castle. A great story and beautifully written. ...more
Jocelyn
Feb 12, 2010 rated it liked it
Kate Mulley
Dec 29, 2022 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: read-library
Jessica
Jan 03, 2011 marked it as to-read
Shelves: tbr, list, tbr-list
Dora
May 09, 2011 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Elizabeth
May 26, 2011 rated it liked it
Jocelyn
Aug 01, 2011 rated it liked it
Chessa
Dec 26, 2011 rated it really liked it
Jen Horan
Dec 29, 2011 rated it really liked it
Erica
Apr 01, 2012 marked it as to-read
Jen
Oct 20, 2012 marked it as to-read
Christian
Mar 18, 2013 rated it it was ok
Nicki
Jul 02, 2013 rated it really liked it
Shelves: read-in-2013
Melissa
Jun 12, 2014 marked it as to-read
Elizabeth
Jul 10, 2014 marked it as to-read
G-phy
Jun 03, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: favorites
Laura
Jan 12, 2016 marked it as to-read
Autumn Skye
Mar 17, 2016 marked it as to-read
Sarah
Dec 07, 2016 marked it as to-read
Jamie Dornfeld
Dec 20, 2016 marked it as to-read
Valerie
Apr 05, 2021 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: read-in-2021
Kristen
Apr 24, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Kate
Aug 04, 2018 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition