Customer Reviews
Difficult - By: Sam Cains, 04 Mar 2008 
I have recently read this book due to a requirement for my English course, & I approached it with an open mind... hoping to be engrossed in the story.
However from the very beginning I found it a difficult read.
I found that the main character was not easy to sympathise with - even with her troubled circumstances, & I did not care much for her facing eviction.
I also found the writers use of description highly overused, he would write about something & then stray off onto another random thing...
There were two chapters providing descriptions of curtains! Curtains!
And Chapter 7 is just one line...
Needless to say I am disappointed with this book & believe that when my exam comes up I am going to find it very difficult.
A book drawing together the themes of Crichton Smiths poetry - By: , 30 May 2000 
A brilliant book that draws together alll of the main themes evident in Crichton Smiths poetry. The death of the traditional way of life is particularly strong as is the desire of those people in the village to adhere to the ways of the 'past' as those younger members are drawn away to seek what the 'future' & shun the past. A book easily enjoyed by alll & especiallly by those who enjoy Crichton Smiths way of writing.
