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Carisbrooke Abbey

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I read Carisbrooke Abbey after reading Darcy's Diary by the same author. I had enjoyed the light touch of that book and the way the plot moved forward.

It was an enjoyable read - the plot was very fast-paced, the language is simple and none of the plot details are that complex. Characters are introduced but we don't delve deeply into their behaviour - everything moves along and I read the whole book in under three hours.

It was enjoyable but a little too lightweight for me. I like reading books set in the Regency period but this book is light on historical detail; that's OK but in this case the social requirements of the day would have killed the plot - Harriet wouldn't have stayed in the house without a woman's company - so this is glossed over. For a while I wondered if we were having another Jane Eyre situation (hero has mad wife) but eventually we discovered the mad girl is a sister. Phew, our hero and heroine are able to get together after all, having overcome a few problems along the way.

Although this is a fun book it almost read more like a children's book to me - the light nature of the writing and the lack of depth in the plot and characters meant that when I finished the book it hadn't really scratched an itch. Great for holiday reading though.