{"id":672,"date":"2013-04-29T09:06:50","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T17:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bukkhead.com\/blog\/?p=672"},"modified":"2013-04-29T09:06:50","modified_gmt":"2013-04-29T17:06:50","slug":"major-pettigrews-last-stand-review-on-goodreads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bukkhead.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/29\/major-pettigrews-last-stand-review-on-goodreads\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Pettigrew\u2019s Last Stand\u2014review on Goodreads"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Major<\/a>Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand<\/a> by Helen Simonson<\/a><\/p>\n

My rating: 2 of 5 stars<\/a><\/p>\n

I read a review of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Frye<\/em> that said \u201cI hated this as just as I hated Major Pettigrew\u2019s Last Stand<\/em>.\u201d And I really liked Pilgrimage<\/em>, so I figured I\u2019d like Pettigrew<\/em> as well. Boy, was I wrong. A lesson in logic for me: just because A= B, that doesn\u2019t mean not A = not B.<\/p>\n

Pettigrew<\/em> is a romance novel for old people, or, to be specific, a romance novel about old people. And when I say old people, that\u2019s just people old enough to be widows and widowers. And frustrated with how the modern world is taking over. You know, the same old whine that\u2019s been going for, I think, 9000 years or so. Nothing new here, although for the newly old, a sympathetic welcome to their earned right to complain.<\/p>\n

For your crumpet lovers, you English country side village and tea and outdated Edwardian more types, there\u2019s plenty for you to sink your teeth into. It\u2019s all so British, isn\u2019t it. And there\u2019s a nice bit of spice in the use of Pakistani foreigners\u2014who are just as British as the rest of them, so the rampant racism is truly hypocritical, what?<\/p>\n

And the climax has an honest to goodness windswept cliff, complete with locked and loaded shotgun. So dramatic.<\/p>\n

Having recently read England, England<\/em>, and being reminded that for some of us England is basically Disneyland for Anglophiles, Pettigrew is just another ride to buy tickets for, get on, get off, and forget. I\u2019ll not persuade you one way or another to read or not read this one\u2014 rest assured, there\u2019s nothing here to change your mind for or against the thousand other books just like it.<\/p>\n

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Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson My rating: 2 of 5 stars I read a review of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Frye that said \u201cI hated this as just as I hated Major Pettigrew\u2019s Last Stand.\u201d And I really liked Pilgrimage, so I figured I\u2019d like Pettigrew as well. Boy, was I wrong. … <\/p>\n

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