I really enjoyed this book. I listened to it on audio. It is a wonderful view of small village life in England with all the local characters, cliques, generational differences, down and out nobility, the encroachment of "progress", the prejudices against immigrants and local social customs. The Major is a wonderful character as is Mrs. Ali. The shallow career obsessed son and the rigid nephew are great. The "ugly" Americans portrayed are broad caricatures but also well done. The late in life romance was also quite enjoyable with the two individuals thumbing their noses at "proper" behavior.

3.5 stars

Wonderful story!

Cute story.
I was hoping for entirely happy endings.

Once I got through the 1st half of this book, I enjoyed it. There's a lot going on in this book: racial and religious prejudice is only part of it.

This was a sweet and charming story of an unexpected romance. It moved a little slowly at the beginning, but ending up being a lovely and satisfying read.

This book was just boring. It got a lot of good reviews, but I didn't find it very interesting.

It was OK. giving myself permission to give up

There were some plot threads that didn't tie up plausibly, but in general I enjoyed the book. A nice light read.