Friday's Child
by Georgette Heyer
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Author: Georgette HeyerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-04-01
ISBN: 1402210795
Number of pages: 432
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
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- ISBN13: 9781402210792
- Condition: New
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Book Reviews of Friday's Child
Book Review: 3 and a half stars
Summary: 3 Stars
I am a great fan of Georgette Heyer's regency novels, but this one is not a favorite. The premise for the action, that young and immature Lord Sherringham, rebuffed by the lovely Isabella, is so angry that he vows, and actually does, marry the first woman he sees after his rejection, is a novel and promising one. The young lady, even younger and more naive than her new husband, is Hero Wantage (a wonderful and symbolic name!), who has been devoted to "Sherry" all her life--he decides to call her "Kitten" and treats her indeed as a sort of pet. The problem is that the social faux pas which cause Hero so much grief go on for far too long. Unusually for a Heyer novel, Friday's Child seems endless, and the trick becomes a bit tired.
The ending seems unconvincing and incomplete, with only a show of maturation on the part of the newlyweds. (Isabella seems to mature more than Hero!)
Bright spots are the hero's humorous friends, with the exception of the lovelorn George, and Heyer's usual expert evocation of Regency England.
Try Frederica instead!
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