Book Review: The Old Manor House by Charlotte Turner Smith

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Book Review: The Old Manor House by Charlotte Turner Smith

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It’s more of a 2.5 star reads. This book is like a swirl – part of it was so utterly boring and the other part was actually enjoying to consume. I believe the greatest problem of this novel is that it could have so easily been condensed, severely condensed. The ironic part is that the ending was the most rushed, the conclusion was crammed in its ending chapter of the novel but the entire novel in itself dragged and dragged and dragged. I really did enjoy the characters and sympathize with them but some side characters had too much affect on the main characters towards the end of the book, which I guess could make sense in the real world: that others can govern and ruin our lives. Besides all that frustrates me, I really do like its strained ideals on courtship, economy/ownership, war, family, etc.

“Those we love never truly leave us, Harry. There are things that death cannot touch.” 

“In every shining moment of happiness is that drop of poison: the knowledge that pain will come again. Be honest to those you love, show your pain. To suffer is as human as to breathe.” 

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