Lemon: Kwon Yeo-sun

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So what happened? Why am I not head over heels for this story? The writing was quite good, the descriptions were also nicely done. There is nothing glaringly obvious throughout the entire length. Pros included some insight to redress the love openly given to Panky and how maybe we should choose our heroes carefully and indeed a woman who’s contribution to our animal world which has been vastly overlooked being brought to our attention. Chris Stewart and his wife Ana leave England to go to Andalucia to live their dreams as farmers in the mountains of Spain. This next except hints at the painstaking inquiries — letting us in on the fact that bigger issues are being explored:

I acquired this book after it was a reader recommendation in the Christian Science Monitor. It's the second book about feathers I've read this season. (See: The Feather Thief.)Chilling, suspenseful and disconcerting. A story of taking things into one's own hands, when driven to despair by injustice and grief. I couldn't put it down and read deep into the night until I finished it, with my heart hammering Discovering whodunnit isn't really the point here; Lemon is a subtle, often intense meditation on the after-effects of violence' Guardian

The problem is that I just don't care. Stewart, whether he meant to or not, kept me at arms length. I felt no suspense nor any struggle. All of the characters, especially his wife, were more supporting cast than ever having real personalities of their own (except maybe Romero). At times he hinted at disappointment or challenges but I never felt it. Everything that was hard seemed easy - something which moving to a falling down farm in the middle of rural Andalucia should never seem.

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Manuel hizo lo que le pedían, entregándole una a su padre y sentándose luego a su lado con la otra. Las afinaron un poco, tocaron distraídamente unos acordes,y pasaron a trancas y barrancas a una tonada popular alpujarreña. Sobre Manuel, un señor mayor, en una noche larga de viaje en la carretera. Encontré que era una observación muy interesante. Had me gripped from the start... The author's skill is to drop a hint as to who did the deed, but then retain our interest through deft portrait-painting of the different characters in the story (narrators and otherwise), presenting us with motivations and suspicions that conflict with our provisional view' Mrs Pankhurst’s Purple Feather was a wonderful book for me to read combining two topics which have played a significant role in my life - women’s history, particularly their efforts to gain direct representation in parliament both through the vote and through women candidates (I have a PhD in the area) and bird conservation (besides reading birding is my other main interest). Both, actually. They were contemporaries, leading movements that flourished (and ultimately achieved their goals and changed Britain in dramatic ways) at around the same time in history -- but they were different women, with very different views and interests, and different stories -- and they can be linked in some interesting ways that the book explores.