The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Shell Seekers
Book Review: Live with no regrets
Summary: 5 Stars
I really loved this book. I seldom have enough time to read, so when given the opportunity, I ask an avid reader, "What's your very favorite book?". This was one. I couldn't put it down. The character development was superb. You knew each one and held a strong emotion for them. The story really showed valid reasons why you should live every moment to the fullest. What a sad life this woman had - till the end when she decided enough was enough. Great thinking novel with a lot to discuss.Book Review: Lose yourself in this heart warming story.
Summary: 5 Stars
One of my favorite fiction novels. Just a plain good story! Perfect read for when you are on vacation and can let your mind escape. The author does an amazing job of weaving a very touching love story. This story will stay with you a long time and will touch your heart.Book Review: Loved it
Summary: 5 Stars
A favorite...read it a long time ago. Unforgettable characters that made you want to read Pilcher's other books..I also did read the sequel.
A book to savor and never forget.
Book Review: My favorite story of all time...
Summary: 5 Stars
This story is amazing and well-written and just such a wonderful read! The characters are so real with their powerful emotions and everyday problems that we all encounter. I was actually very sad to see this story end and I found it so hard to put down. If you love family sagas, then this is the story for you. Bravo to Rosamunde Pilcher for writing a story that will stand the test of time and go down as one of the finest novels ever written!Book Review: Newark Airport read
Summary: 2 Stars
I thought this book would be better for all its NYT Book Review (and other) praise, but it wasn't. Ostensibly a sprawling family saga centring around matriarch Penelope, it's basically the same 2 or 3 characters with different names playing out over three generations.
If you're a "good" character, then you're independent, stubborn, glossy haired, tall, beautiful. You love France, holiday in Spain, dream of Cornwall, and believe in children out of wedlock and monied bohemian lifestyles (but not too monied, nor do you care too much about cashola, but it doesn't matter because it will come pouring down in the hundreds of thousands anyway). You know and namedrop all the same (white) (western) painters and authors. You joined the war effort due to the "cultured refugee faced" (I kid you not) Jews who rent rooms in your massive inherited London mansion. You are or love gardeners or artists or offspring of artists. You have a 50% chance of dying in the great war.
If you're a "bad" character, you endlessly harp on class and money and other selfish concerns. You have no interest in intimacy or art or any higher calling than social climbing and your awful ugly children and awful ugly spouse or your anorexic supermodel lover of the mo. You are either ugly and empty or beautiful and empty. You hate gardeners.
Everyone, regardless of integrity or intention, wants a scotch and soda.
So why did I plow through 500+ pages of this? And even tear up at moments? Because the idea of lives fully lived is a powerful one and Rosamunde Pilcher tells a well paced story, even if it is written in a hackneyed trashy romance style. Certainly it wasn't hard to blow through, and it was sort of fun watching all the foils of the story unfold in mediocrity. I left my copy in Newark Airport on top of the recycling bin for someone else to take it up or pitch it in.