Reviews for The Enchanted April (Large Print Edition)

The average rating for The Enchanted April (Large Print Edition) based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-08-03 00:00:00 Fred Sanford June 2012 Dissatisfied with their respective lots in life, four English women divorce their respective husbands, get a hefty advance for a book deal, and go off to Italy to enjoy the wisteria (a kind of pasta, I think). After a month of wisteria and freesias and syringa (more pasta?), the women all go to India, where they become spiritual. Following that, they go to Bali, and take handsome exotic Indonesian men as lovers. When they return home, wiser and more enlightened than before, they write wise and enlightened books. Wait, what? What was that? They don't go to Indonesia? Or India? They don't take lovers or become prayer-tourists? They just take a month-long vacation in an Italian castle, and they don't divorce their respective husbands? Their respective husbands later join them on their vacation? A WISTERIA IS A KIND OF FLOWER? WHAT THE HELL KIND OF BOOK IS THIS? A very delightful one, actually. You should read it.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-05-17 00:00:00 Sam Trachtenberg [Lady Caroline's personality, though world-weary in both the book and the film, seemed much more worldly and edgy in the movie. In the book there's no affair between Lady Caroline and another character's husband; there's the potential for one, but it gets nicely snuffed out before anything ever starts. Or maybe I just assumed there was an affair in the movie? (Dang, I need to go watch it again.) Also, Mr. Briggs' terrible nearsightedness is not in the book, but I thought it was a great addition in the movie. (hide spoiler)]