The Careful Use of Compliments
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Davina Porter
About this listen
For philosophically-minded Isabel Dalhousie, editor of the Review of Applied Ethics, getting through life with a clear conscience requires careful thought. And whilst juggling the arrival of baby Charlie, a passionate relationship with his father Jamie, a truce with her furious niece Cat, and struggles for authority over her son with her formidable housekeeper Grace, Isabel finds herself drawn into the story of a painter's mysterious death off the island of Jura.
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- Amazon Customer
- 15-09-15
A good listen
This worked really well as an audiobook. It is a well written story nicely put together and a good length. The characters are likeable and the narration is excellent. I immediately want to hear another in the series if there is one.
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- Alison
- 07-01-17
The Careful Use of Compliments
This time the curious Isabel Dalhousie interferes in an authenticity conundrum over an Andrew McKinness painting. Ironic parallels are drawn with her philosophical thoughts and her "real" life. There is space left for developing the themes of Brother Fox and the Tattoed Man in further novels. Jamie is the "perfect" father to baby Charlie. Is he too perfect? Cat as usual disappoints by her poor choice in men, Christopher Dove. How will AMS develop the new character of the apprentice stonemason?/nightclub bouncer? He has a clever knack of making me long for his next book.
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- christine
- 15-02-14
Davina Porter
If you could sum up The Careful Use of Compliments in three words, what would they be?
Enjoyable, calming and intriguing
Any additional comments?
I wish Davina Porter could read all the Isabel Dalhousie series. I would listen again and again.
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- Renka
- 18-09-15
The narrator needs to do a bit of research
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
Possibly
What other book might you compare The Careful Use of Compliments to, and why?
There are many books set in various parts of Scotland and narrated by people who are actually Scots and therefore familiar with the variety of Scots accents. This book is spoilt by the narrator.
What didn’t you like about Davina Porter’s performance?
Davina Porter is usually a reasonable narrator and I have enjoyed other books she has narrated but in this case her pronunciation of Scottish place names are so far off beam as to be almost laughable and no-one on the Isle of Jura, particularly the family (who actually exist) she is imitating, have ever spoken with the awful accent she uses. She has also grafted a Glasgow accent onto the characters from Edinburgh.
Could you see The Careful Use of Compliments being made into a movie or a TV series? Who would the stars be?
Unlikely
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- mandy simpson-horn
- 01-04-22
Beautifully read tedious story
Nothing happens. And it does so very slowly. No likeable characters at all- maybe the tattoo’d baby?
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