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If you go down to these woods today...

Advantages: Nice story, likeable characters.
Disadvantages: Not the easiest of reads if only reading a few chapters at a time.

This book is based on a town in Ireland, called Rossmore and several of its’ visitors and inhabitants. Also, in this quiet town, there is St Ann’s well, a well which many of the locals go to pray and ask for help at and they believe St Ann has powers to h ...

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Review of Whitethorn Woods - Maeve Binchy

A Good but not great read

Advantages: Enjoyable read, easy to read in chapters,
Disadvantages: Lots of characters so you dont get to know them really well.

"Whitethorn Woods" is the latest novel of best selling Irish author Maeve Binchy. Before I review the book I will confess to being a Maeve Binchy fan, I find her novels enjoyable, lovely reads with interesting and likeable characters so was looking forwa ...

AJ26 09.10.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Whitethorn Woods - Maeve Binchy

Whitehorn Woods

Advantages: good read
Disadvantages: None

Whitethorn Woods is based in a small sleepy Irish town . As it was getting busier in Rossmore the residents were discussing whether to have a bypass . The idea for a bypass had mixed feelings with the locals.If it did go ahead the bypass will have to ...

ruth1957 11.01.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Whitethorn Woods - Maeve Binchy

Not quite out of the woods!!

Advantages: Familiar writing style
Disadvantages: Weak storyline and unexciting characters

As an avid reader of Binchy's work, I was somewhat disappointed that this wasn't up to her usual standard. The storyline could have been made so much more interesting, and the characters more believable, by simply uncomplicating things, and not having so ...

oojamacallit 17.12.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Whitethorn Woods - Maeve Binchy

Disappointing

Advantages: Easy to read
Disadvantages: Fragmented and difficult to follow

...This book tells the story of lots of different people who are connected with the town of Rossmore, where there is a statue of St Ann that is supposed to do miracles. A by-pass is going to be built through Rossmore and Whitethorn Woods (where the statue is ...

jam_sarnie 24.10.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Whitethorn Woods - Maeve Binchy