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Love in a Cold Climate and Other Novels by Nancy Mitford

melb_reader's review

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

marionhoney's review against another edition

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not in the mood to read about rich British families 

lillianhorton's review

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4.0

 sigismond .

also mad entertaining and her writing is so good. 

outspokenlibrarian's review against another edition

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3.0

While I liked this one, I have to say that I enjoyed The Pursuit of Love much more. The wit is still there, of course, and I love Nancy's telling, through the voice of Fanny, how dull high society really is. But Polly rather annoyed me and I wanted more of the Radlett girls. Davey is hilarious, and it's interesting how his little food fads still seem relevant today. We all know someone like that, don't we?

boorrito's review

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4.0

My four stars is for The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate, which were funny and enjoyable. The Blessing, however, is a solid three stars as it's at its heart a love letter to France, and that's not as interesting to me as very posh English people being idiots. And no Uncle Matthew, who's one of those characters who's absolutely wonderful in a book but I would run a mile from in reality.