Reviews

Greenbanks by Dorothy Whipple

katdfleming's review against another edition

5.0

I’ve found a new favorite author! What a gem of a book!

karinlib's review against another edition

4.0

Several years ago now, I read [b:Someone at a Distance|605668|Someone at a Distance|Dorothy Whipple|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348780197l/605668._SX50_.jpg|592216], and really liked it, and I have wanted to read another book by her.

In Greenbanks there are 3 generations and the book centers around their relationships and their male counterparts. I'm not going to say much more about the plot, because I think it would spoil it.

It took me a while to get into this one, but once I did, I was fully invested.

krobart's review against another edition

5.0

See my review here:

https://whatmeread.wordpress.com/2015/06/22/day-723-greenbanks/

sloatsj's review against another edition

4.0

I read two Dorothy Whipple books this month. Greenbanks was the better one. The plot revolves around Louisa Asthon, mother of five grown children, and the dramas and relationships of the family over a period of about 15 years.

ceelpayne's review against another edition

reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

henry_b's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Witty and funny just below the surface. About what family and home can mean

jwtaljaard's review against another edition

emotional informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.5

sashahawkins's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

we_are_all_mad_here26's review against another edition

4.0

There is something just so exactly right about a Dorothy Whipple book, or at least, about the three I've read so far. The writing is simple and never emotionalizes you to death, and yet somehow you end up with FEELINGS, just all kinds of feelings. Even if you are a limited feeling-having person such as myself.

This one seemed to poke along a little more slowly at first, enough so that I despairingly thought it might be my first three-star Whipple. I was wrong. And it wasn't that the pace picked up, though it kind of did, or that the plot started to fall together so nicely, though it did that, too. Reading this was like being led along a pretty wooded path and the person you're following doesn't care much whether you keep up, but you do anyway because it's all just so nice, and then toward the end of the path you start to catch glimpses of the loveliness up ahead, and then you get to the end and think, ahhhhh.

This is Persephone #95, my #7.

jay_hobday's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5