Advantages: Smells gorgeous, leaves my skin moisturised, 'surprise' pods! Disadvantages: Not as many bubbles as I like
Picture the scene. You're lying on a secluded white beach, blue sea all around you and the sun blazing from above. Feel the sunlight on your skin, hear the cry of exotic birds, smell the wild flowers - this is your private island, your place to chill.
Lush Floating Island is nothing like that! Got you all going though, didn't I? I actually think it's called Floating Island more because of the earthy brown colour of it and the way it floats on the top of your bath water than because of any luxury island connections. I'm not really a Lush convert, in fact I think a lot of their products smell awful, but I struck lucky with this Bath Melt.
The smell before you put the melt in water is gorgeous. It's quite a strong sweet scent which reminds me of those little bags of sherbert you used to be able to buy. Fruity? Floral? Fruity ...
Advantages: some of the story telling is interesting and well told. Disadvantages: see review!
Book Summary...
During the summer whilst the successful actor Molly Fox is on holiday in New York, she loans her Dublin home to her playwright friend (and narrator) so that she might start writing her new play. It is the longest day of the year as well as it being her friend Molly?s birthday, and the playwright is finding it increasingly difficult to find her inspiration and instead turns her attention to her own life, reflecting on her past and her relationship with Molly and their mutual friend Andrew.
Several questions are addressed throughout the novel through the playwrights (who is never named) reflections; how have her relationships with her friends developed over the years? What is the distinction between a good actor and a great one? And why does Molly Fox never celebrate her birthday?
My Thoughts ...
Advantages: Great characters, interesting, great author Disadvantages: Over-complex, not as good as other Walters books
Minette Walters is one of my favourite authors. I have read about six of her novels so far and intend to read all she has published. I find her books interesting, exciting and they aren't too similar to each other either. I also like the way she often punctuates her chapters of text with 'evidence' in the form of letters, text messages, news reports and so on.
One of the best books I read in 2007 was Acid Row by Minette Walters and I decided to begin 2008 with another of her novels - Fox Evil. A weighty paperback of 557 pages, I looked forward to getting engrossed in another thrilling story.
Early on in the book though, I realised it hadn't gripped me as much as a Minette Walters normally does. I think the problem was that it was all a bit complicated and confusing. Obviously, a good story needs a variety of characters, sub ...
