Reviews
I’m a huge Hardy fan but this one was just meh. It passed the time but wasn’t engaging for me. The characters were superficial, the jealousy and back and forth between the main characters was tiresome and tedious. I read to escape reality and this was like watching a reality show.
Fancy Day was the OG manic pixie dream girl
I was really looking forward to reading this book, because it sounded like a sweet little piece of literature to read in-between the more heavy works I had scheduled for this season. In the end it turned out to fulfil my expectations, but I did have a few problems getting into the book. I first tried to read it but soon realized that this is one of the books where I’m better off listening to the audiobook (another reason why I love public domain book: most are available as free audiobook on LibriVox, so no need to actually buy two editions of the same book). Once I changed formats on the book I began to enjoy it. Dick Dewey’s story of falling in love with Fancy Day and how their relationship developed is really sweet to listen to. The LibriVox audiobook is narrated by Rachel Lintern. I wasn’t too impressed by her narration in the beginning and have certainly listened to better voices on LibriVox, but she doesn’t do a bad job, either.
3.5 stars
