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hannahsbookhaven's review
emotional
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
june_englit_phd's review
5.0
The sequel to "Dear Teacher", this feel-good, escapist story follows the life of Jack Sheffield, the headteacher of a small village school in Yorkshire that is threatened with closure. It is now 1980, and the decade of electronic typewriters, pixie boots and shoulder pads has hit the small village. There are mishaps, new arrivals and a pantomime in this book, which again makes me think what a nice job the character Jack Sheffield has! However, the book finished on a "cliffhanger" - a will-he won't-he question.....
The character Beth, Jack's fiancee, is beginning to annoy me a bit if I have to be brutally honest; and I find the countless references to her "honey blonde hair tucked behind her ear" a bit tiresome every time she appears in a scene.
It's a nice book to read if you want to escape the humdrum of normal life, and I have now downloaded the next in the series. It's cruel finishing a book off on a cliffhanger!!
If you like books by Miss Read, Rebecca Shaw, Maeve Binchy, Eve Houston or Debbie Macomber, you will enjoy this.
The character Beth, Jack's fiancee, is beginning to annoy me a bit if I have to be brutally honest; and I find the countless references to her "honey blonde hair tucked behind her ear" a bit tiresome every time she appears in a scene.
It's a nice book to read if you want to escape the humdrum of normal life, and I have now downloaded the next in the series. It's cruel finishing a book off on a cliffhanger!!
If you like books by Miss Read, Rebecca Shaw, Maeve Binchy, Eve Houston or Debbie Macomber, you will enjoy this.
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