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Indlæser... An Irish Country Christmas (Irish Country Books) (udgave 2008)af Patrick Taylor
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. The third book I've listened to in this Irish country doctor series...might just he my last. The premise is charming and the characters are well done especially when listening to them on audiobook. But the repetition, Barry's whining about Patricia not revolving around his desires, and the lack of plot gets old. Plus the weird sexual bits seem really ill fitting with the book like Barry checking out his bosses' girlfriends ass. I don't know. This might be the end of the series for me. The books are entertaining but I don't know if it's enough to override the annoying stuff. This second book in the series proved to be a major disappointment except for the medical information, the quotations, and the ongoing dialogue between Fingal, Barry, and Kinky. First, there was tiresome Patricia, who is so obviously not that into Barry,(though later books may have them happy married off - I hope not). More important is Fingal's strange hypocrisy in appreciating the beauty of all the wild flying birds, then taking great glee in shooting them, even pheasants. Romance is preferable to dead ducks - just ask Kitty. Still weirder is his decision to take a chance on losing his (and Barry and Kinky's) entire Medical Practice if it was ever revealed that he cheated people who were buying raffle tickets. Minor is that even small details are supposed to add SOMETHING to a plot - what was with the zipping and unzipping of pants while alone in a public bathroom? As well, a doctor who does not think that inhaling any kind of smoke may well lead to lung cancer makes no sense. Why not let the dog in when it is freezing and not only on Christmas...? I seem to have failed to review this one somehow. What I remember of it was that it mostly consisted of a LOT of Barry whining at Patricia and trying to be autocratic about getting her to come back to visit. While his attitudes are completely accurate for the time and place they are set in, I mostly found it deeply annoying and wanted Patricia to dump him already, because they are clearly not well suited. In the mean time, of course, Barry is noticing other attractive women and going out with Jack to a nurse's dance, so I think his drama is even more annoying. Ah, youth. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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HTML: In An Irish Country Christmas, the third book in Patrick Taylor's Irish Country Books, Barry Laverty, M.B., is looking forward to his first Christmas in the cozy village of Ballybucklebo, at least until he learns that his sweetheart, Patricia, might not be coming home for the holidays. That unhappy prospect dampens his spirits somewhat, but Barry has little time to dwell on his romantic disappointments. Christmas may be drawing nigh, but there is little peace to be found on earth, especially for a young doctor plying his trade in the emerald hills and glens of rural Ireland. Ingen biblioteksbeskrivelser fundet. |
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Take All Creatures Great and Small make it Doctors instead of Vets and move it to Ireland about 25 years later and that’s this series.
It’s a very enjoyable series and the audiobooks narrated by John Keating are great driving around listening. I recommend the series and particularly the audiobooks but start with the first book. ( )