Reviews for The Poor Clare

The average rating for The Poor Clare based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-11-17 00:00:00 Latousha Meyers So far I'm not a huge fan of Gaskell's shorter fiction. In my collection I liked Lois the Witch best, as frightening as that story was. I didn't like Mr Harrison's Confessions or Cousin Phillis. I liked Cranford, but generally don't get on well with episodic chapters that make up a novel. I missed an overarching plot in that one. I'll have to pay attention to Katie of books and things for future short fiction recommendations.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-12-10 00:00:00 Jonathan Ruiz It seems to have taken me almost as long to get around to writing this review as it took me to actually read the book. 'Cranford: and other stories' is really, as the title would suggest, more a collection of short to longer stories revolving more or less around the small town of Cranford and it's slightly curious inhabitants. Gaskell writes the stories well at times giving the impression of slightly mocking her quirky characters at the same time as taking them ever so seriously and presenting the stories as real life truth. And as such she gives her readers permission to enjoy doing the same as well as making her characters a truly endearing bunch. Despite this I still found myself getting a little bit bored and needing to take a pause to read other 'more exciting' books part way through. I'm not sure though if that was more a reflection on my state of mind at the time or on the sometimes rambling and long-winded style and nature of the stories. I did enjoy the stories and the book overall and I am glad that I finally managed to read them all. And having now been spotted reading it at work I also have a loaned DVD of it to try out.