Sara Douglass

Advantages: Great pace and enthralling characters
Disadvantages: Far too short.

...that things are not quite the way that he has been brought up to believe. Thus begins his exploration of his own and Tencendor's heritage. Sara Douglass has a wonderful way with the English language and such a smooth style that the books are quite literally page turners. Just when you think you know where she is going with a plot lline she twists it into something else. Descriptions of bllodshed and carnage are always vivid and often make you squirm and there are moments when you actually get a lump in your thoat at the sorrow and loss the characters must endure. I really cannot recommend this series highly enough. If you've never read it you're missing a real treat.... Read review

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Advantages: A lovely story a great read
Disadvantages: None

...It is a lovely book about a little girl who is kind and loves. The little girl is Sara Crewe and lives in India with her father who is in the army and one day he has to go to war and Sara has to go to a Miss Minchkins boarding school for priveleged girls in England and she likes to believe she is a princess and tells the other girls at the boarding school she goes to that they are too. Sara's dad is presumed dead in the war and Sara has to become a cleaner in the school with the other girl and Sara makes up stories for tje other girls in her room in the attic. This is a lovely book to read and i would read it again and recommend it to others to read the book. The characters in the book are great the way the book is written is excellent if you get the chance to read the book then do.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: A beautifully written tale with girlish dreams...
Disadvantages: archaeic language

...that may need to be embroidered on is the occasional use of archaic language and ideas about servant girls and the Victorian class system. I know I certainly needed help with these concepts at the grand age of six! The story begins by introducing us to the lovely Sara. She travels to England with her Papa and is enrolled at Miss Minchin's select semnary for young girls. Sara has thought of this as, 'the place,' for many years after watching children leave from her native India. Our poor Sara has had a life blessed, with mixed fortunes and all that she desires being delivered to her as her English father, Captain Crewe loves her dearly and lost his wife when Sara was born. Therefore it seems that he has cushioned her life as best as he can to make his, 'little missus,' comfortable and happy despite the lack of a mother. This novel is set... Read review

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