tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post3608840782840166310..comments2024-03-28T07:56:38.659+00:00Comments on The View from the Blue House: Review of Runaway by Peter May (2015, Quercus)Rob Kitchinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05567424969308636082noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-21988084452151229902015-02-15T15:15:51.359+00:002015-02-15T15:15:51.359+00:00I think any book that uses nostalgia can come acro...I think any book that uses nostalgia can come across as self-indulgent. I think the main issue with the story was that the nostalgia wasn't sufficiently balance with the mystery element. Otherwise, it worked okay.Rob Kitchinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05567424969308636082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-64864986871911230772015-02-14T07:09:21.438+00:002015-02-14T07:09:21.438+00:00This book felt self-indulgent to me...and that was...This book felt self-indulgent to me...and that was before I knew it was at least in part based on May's own early life. Not a bad book but not great eitherBernadettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641617609801125707noreply@blogger.com