Alexander McCall Smith

Pat rents a room from the handsome and cocky Bruce, at 44 Scotland Street, and discovers that she has also acquired some colorful new neighbors, including Domenica, an eccentric widow.

44 Scotland Street

Part of the higher rating is surely dictated by the fact that I read this novel in Scotland on vacation. 

Sarah Erle

When twenty-year-old Pat rents a room from handsome and cocky Bruce, she inherits some delightfully colourful neighbours: Domenica, an insightful and eccentric widow; Bertie, a five-year-old whos̕ mastered both saxophone and Italian; and Irene, his overbearing mother. Pats̕ new job at a gallery seems easy enough. Her boss spends most of his time drinking coffee in a local café and discussing matters great and small, and Pats̕ duties are light. That is until she realizes that one of their paintings may be an undiscovered work of a renowned Scottish artist and she discovers that one of their customers may be in on the secret. Add to this a fancy ball, love triangles and an encounter with a famous crime writer, and you have Alexander McCall Smiths̕ entertaining and witty portrait of Edinburgh society.

Sarah Escorsa

I'm afraid I didn't really enjoy reading this... This was actually a big disappointment as I'm particularly fond of Alexander McCall Smith's other series (The Sunday Philosophy Club and of course the Mma Ramotswe series). I guess that I just didn't find this book entertaining enough and found it quite boring overall.

Bec Taylor

Wanted to love this book as I adore AMS but couldn't get past two things: Pat was just slat out the wrong name for that character and her "voice" was of an old woman. not a 20yo.

Isin

I had already knew that this book has no plot and i was fine with that. I was looking for a light reading and i enjoy reading/watching things about ordinary lives with no big drama or sad events. 
BUT, i hate the main characters of this book. The story was too shallow. There was no depth in characters also the main love interest was too forced and annoying. I wouldn’t be able to finish it if I hadn’t skip some pages in the last couple of chapters.

Lulu Bonning

This was so much fun!!!! Very different experience reading a serial as a novel. Made me feel like I was there with McCall Smith as he wrote it, because you could pick up on little nuances and hints that he dropped earlier on, remembered, and reintroduced. I thoroughly enjoyed the slightly less polished writing style of having to publish a chapter a day! Was occasionally too disjointed and there were a fair few unanswered questions which lost this book a star, but as always, McCall Smith is a gem 💎

44 Scotland Street

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