Reviews for The Wyndcliffe

The average rating for The Wyndcliffe based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-03-01 00:00:00 Timothy Costello Here's the synopsis from the author's website: "Anna is alone, and despite her fifteen years, she is still very much a child. Her elder sister Ruth, caught up in a world of parties, fashions and boyfriends, ignores her. And her brother Simon, to whom she is devoted, goes to London to study music. Listless and unhappy, Anna takes no pleasure in her family's new home, or in her surroundings. The Wyndcliffe, "a brooding ancient face of sheer stone, dour and grey," matches her mood. Then she encounters John Hollis, a young sympathetic poet. But he died in 1823......" I read this as a young teen, 13 or 14, and found it really resonated with me. Something about the loneliness, and the friendship with John, the ghostly character she meets, and the ending was something that stayed with me for a long time. Brings back lovely memories when I think of this book, would recommend it for teens.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-12-22 00:00:00 John Rix I borrowed this book from the school library when I was about 13. It fascinated and haunted me, and then stayed with me over the years. With the advent of the internet, I managed to track down an old library copy from the US, and re-read it. It's a lovely story, perfect for adolescent girls. I can't be truly objective about it--when I read it now, I'm thirteen again. I can see that it's not the most original story in the world, but that really doesn't matter, because it's so gently and ably told. The descriptions of the natural world are particularly evocative. The 'ghost', John Hollis, is loosely based on Keats, and I started reading Keats' poetry as a direct result of this novel.