Reviews

The White Lady by Jacqueline Winspear

marciag's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

abookishtype's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

Linni de Witt is supposed to be retired. She’s definitely earned it, since she worked for the British government during the first and second world wars. And she would be quietly living in her grace-and-favor house in the countryside if people from London hadn’t bothered her new friends, Jim and Rosie Mackie. In The White Lady, Jacqueline Winspear’s protagonist shakes off the (very faint) dust of inactivity to protect the Mackies from the clutches of his criminal family. Alongside this caper, Winspear takes us to Linni’s war years, slowly revealing what drives her strongly protective instincts...

Read the rest of my review at A Bookish Type. 

smreads24's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

mariafhager's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

3.5

revveryerin's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

4.75

carolinefran's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.25

irareads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

lerat42's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad 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? Yes

4.5

mikhovam's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

rosemarygiles's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I thought that this was a more unique take on the traditional Second World War spy fiction, which I really appreciated. Switching between the past and the present made for a much different approach, however I'm ultimately unconvinced about how much this really did for the overall storyline.

The entire mafia/mob subplot felt unnecessary to telling Elinor White's story, and the author could have done so just as well, if not better, by leaving this out altogether.

Nonetheless, it was nice to see someone try to do something different.