Rosamunde Pilcher

Rosamunde Pilcher's major bestseller, also a successful TV film, now rejacketed for a new audience As spring comes to Scotland and the hills burst into life, a dance is planned for September. The invitations summon home the group of people Violet Aird has cared for most in her long life. The oldest, strongest and wisest of them all, she sees Alexa, her vulnerable granddaughter, find love for the first time, while the decision to send her little grandson away to school is driving parents Edmund and Virginia even further apart. Far from them all is Pandora, the glamorous, exciting girl who ran away twenty years before. All will converge on Scotland this September.

September

Laura Mauler

Somewhere between 3.5 and 4 stars.

(view spoiler)[At first I loved the book, the tone of it and the descriptions. It was a book that unfolded rather than rushed ahead and I liked that. Actually I liked that part all the way through to the end. 

What kind of spoiled the book for me was the story line involving Virginia and Edmund. It seemed so unrealistic that Virginia would just all of a sudden stop being mad at Edmund about sending their young son to boarding school. They in no way resolved it, she just stopped being mad and he essentially patted her on the head and gave her jewelry as a reward. Then when he's not able to take Henry to the first day of boarding school she is furious again, has sex with another man, and decides to leave Edmund. THEN Henry runs back home and so Virginia decides not to abandon her marriage and everything is totally fine between her and her husband. I mean, what?! What kind of a relationship is this?

Also, I hated the old fashioned gender roles. Super lame. (hide spoiler)]

As spring comes to Scotland and the hills burst into life, a dance is planned for September. The invitations summon home the group of people Violet Aird has cared for most in her long life. The oldest, strongest and wisest of them all, she sees Alexa, her vulnerable granddaughter, find love for the first time, while the decision to send her little grandson away to school is driving parents Edmund and Virginia even further apart. Far from them all is Pandora, the glamorous, exciting girl who ran away twenty years before. All will converge on Scotland this September.

Maribel González

Septiembre es la primera novela que leo de Rosamund Pilcher, aunque había oído el nombre de la autora muchísimas veces. Ha sido una lectura totalmente diferente a lo que esperaba cuando leí la sinopsis. Se trata de una novela coral, en la que es más importante el proceso que el evento "esperado". Septiembre habla de la vida, de cómo nos afectan los sucesos, de los errores, de la aceptación y de cómo influye el entorno, la educación y el tiempo en las personas. He tardado más de lo que esperaba en leerla y a veces se me ha hecho pesada, pero una vez terminada me he dado cuenta de que me ha gustado mucho. Por supuesto, tengo algún que otro pero, como el pensamiento de algunos personajes o las expresiones de la autora. Pero supongo que en el contexto y en la piel de la autora (una señora que podría ser mi abuela) pues no desentona mucho. Eso sí, creo que no es un libro para todo el mundo y que si lo hubiera leído hace unos años, no me hubiera gustado nada. Además, tengo que añadir que me he reído mucho en algunas situaciones y que Archie Balmerino es una de mis personas ficticias favoritas.

September

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