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rachelmanija) wrote2019-07-08 09:26 am
rachelmanija) wrote2019-07-08 09:26 am
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Uncertain Voyage, by Dorothy Gilman
Post-divorce and mental hospital stay, Melissa goes on a trip to Europe. On a cruise ship, a man claiming to be a secret agent gives her a package to deliver; when he drops dead, she’s left to ponder whether he really was a secret agent and whether she should deliver it.
This book sounded more fun and more like her Mrs. Pollifax series than it was. It’s not a thriller, but a psychological novel and a character study. There’s a little action but it’s 90% Melissa contemplating herself and her post-therapy insights. Gilman writes beautifully but I found Melissa uninteresting and her insights a bit navel-gazey. This is so far the only book by Gilman I didn’t really enjoy.
Uncertain Voyage by Dorothy Gilman
This book sounded more fun and more like her Mrs. Pollifax series than it was. It’s not a thriller, but a psychological novel and a character study. There’s a little action but it’s 90% Melissa contemplating herself and her post-therapy insights. Gilman writes beautifully but I found Melissa uninteresting and her insights a bit navel-gazey. This is so far the only book by Gilman I didn’t really enjoy.
Uncertain Voyage by Dorothy Gilman
