Not her best

Cartoon-like characters, rather silly ending, enough plot to keep you reading but neither a great who-dun-it nor a great story. Can see why it was in the sale!

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Who killed the boys?

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I enjoyed the reading of this book, I enjoyed the story, but all of the time I kept asking, "Who killed the young boys?" This question was a red herring that in my understanding was never answered.

However, the reading of the tale passed a really enjoyable 8 hours!

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The Saint Zita Society

Interesting cast of characters, many of whom are rather unpleasant, but whom I suspect are more accurately portrayed than we would like to admit.

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Loved this

Unusual story, very entertaining and well thought out. I would recommend this. Good who dunnit

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Great.

Another standalone masterpiece by Ruth Rendell. She really brings all the characters to life in their surroundings. The narration was also great.

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Ruth Rendell and Carole Boyd - great team!

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I was impressed both by the quality of the writing and of the performance of the narrator. Ruth Rendell of course is rightly known for her novels, Carole Boyd is perhaps less well known but she is an extremely talented and versatile actor and does a fine job with the diverse characters in 'The Saint Zita Society'. I loved the tyrannical, soi-disant princess who was so well understood by her 'not-a-servant' and I relished the general bizarreness of the rest of the characters, whether 'upstairs' or 'downstairs'. So well done, Ruth Rendell and Carole Boyd. Carole, hope you get a fabulous review in the Borchester Echo. (BBC 'The Archers' related joke.)

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Oddly enough it reminds me of Paul Gallico's 'Jennie' where the animals and their people are all so beautifully described, especially the peculiar crew of the 'Countess of Greenock'.

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Love Carole Boyd, she is so versatile and has a wonderful ear for accents.

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Thoroughly enjoyable

Love Carole Boyd’s narration. After the first few chapters I had to go back and start again as there are so many intriguing characters, I couldn’t keep up with who was who. Second start, I managed to get to grips much more, but was still a little overwhelmed as the characters are all so vibrant with such different lives and backgrounds. I found listening in thorough quiet got me concentrating better and I soon became obsessed with them all and found I couldn’t stop listening….I’d definitely recommend this book with its fabulous, unwinding story, in fact, I could and will definitely listen again. There’s nothing better than a feeling of actually knowing the people in a book and not wanting to part from them.

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Saint Sita society

My first Ruth Rendall and I enjoyed it. Worth a listen and I will buy another Rendall in future. A good holiday read/listen..

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Pleasant narration, poorer story

Just didn't take to this one. The narration is pleasant, but found I didn't much get into the plot, or the characters and gave up.

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An unusual but excellent book.

really loved this story and it's many characters. The narrator was excellent. Brilliant .

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