Lizzie - Classic Book Club

Welcome to Classic Book Club

Hello! I am Lizzie, and my main joy in life is reading books and thinking about books! I have so many thoughts about each book I read so wanted a place to record these thoughts, and a place where others who are reading the same book as me can share their thoughts about it too. I’ve tried to write my (often lengthy!) reviews of books so it feels like I am chatting with you as we read the book together, comparing thoughts at the end of a chapter and ideas of where the plot and characters may end up, wondering why the author has written a character or scene in a particular way and what they may be subtly trying to tell us about that character or scene. So enjoy reading along with me, and please get in touch, I’d love to be able to discover more about a favourite book from your thoughts on it.

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St Ronan’s Well by Sir Walter Scott

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Sir Walter Scott
St Ronan's Well

I am gradually working my way through all of Sir Walter Scott's books and I am consistently amazed at what a wonderful writer he was, with such surprising (and often quite shocking) twists and intricate plots, and then the realisation that he had been slowly and cleverly sowing the seeds for this all the way through the book, and sometimes some quite surprising strong themes too, not at all the twee happy endings that I had presumed would feature. I also love the thought that the Bronte sisters read Scott, and here I am today reading him. Read the full review

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