Reviews for My Lord John

The average rating for My Lord John based on 2 reviews is 2 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-09-16 00:00:00 Ali Raad This is the saddest book. Sad because she wanted to finish this so much and had worked on it for years. Sad because her histories were so much more important to her than her Regencies. Sad because she never gave an interview and never understood how much joy her books brought (and bring) to so many people. Sad because it is unfinished and un-edited and missing so much of HER. I have read it but would not recommend it. It will just make you sad...

Review # 2 was written on 2013-09-11 00:00:00 Andre Schnor I really wanted to like this one; I mean, I'm now pretty interested in this period of history, and it's Georgette Heyer. It's really nothing like her Regency romances, but that I expected: it's a piece of work she approached very seriously, and intended to be her most important work. It's a pity that it's so densely written, so overstuffed with all she knew, that it's very, very slow going. In a sense, I ended up approaching it the same way I do Norse sagas: just read it and soak it up, without worrying too much over who is related to whom and to what degree. A second reading then fills in the gaps. I don't have time for said second reading right now, and I'm not certain I'm interested enough to give this that much of my time -- part of Heyer's genius is with readable stories and characters you can get involved with, but even quarter of the way through I wasn't really involved yet. Too much of it seemed to come in summary, rather than through interactions between characters. Still, maybe...