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Title: SPRING OF THE TIGER by Victoria Holt ISBN: 0-449-20237-2 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 12 January, 1983 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $2.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: READ ME!!! READ ME!!!
Comment: This is one of my favorite Victoria Holt novels! Sarah's mother is a famous actress that dies mysteriously. Sarah feels alone in the world, so she marries to escape a life of boredom with her aunts. When her father dies, she inherits his land in India, which just happens to be right by her new husbands'! She also finds out about a pearl necklace that her half sister inherits that seems to be trouble. After a while, she feels her life is in danger. Who is the suspect? Her husband!
I got so into this book that I stayed up half the night to finish it! Then, it took me the other half to recover from the shock of the end! I can't say anything more except READ THIS BOOK!!!
Rating: 3
Summary: Good but not the best of Victoria Holt...
Comment: I enjoyed reading this story, but it definitely wasn't the best Ms. Holt ever wrote. In all of her books, the culprit is fairly obvious, but somehow the unmasking of this villain came off a tad clumsily. For me, the fun of Ms. Holt's books is getting inside the heroine's mind and also just savoring the way the author creates a mood. She is great at setting up an isolated (and often impossibly romantic) situation for the heroine and the intricate plotting and phrasing used is enjoyable even when you are certain who the villain/villainess of the piece is.
In this book, Sarah Ashington, the heiress to the tea plantation, was not quite so likable as many other Holt heroines. She was whiny at times and a bit hysterical. The fact that she seemed to enjoy being brutalized by her bizarre husband bothered me as well. In addition, the secondary characters in this book were not so well-drawn. People for whom Sarah Ashington professed devotion were rather flat characters. Since the reader could not get a good picture of who these people were and why Sarah adored them, I just had to take her word for it. Still, this is an entertaining book to pass away an afternoon or two.
Rating: 2
Summary: slightly better than others
Comment: But please. How obvious is it who the culprit is? How come it's always the person the heroine trusts the most, or suspects the least. For once could one of the suspects have dunnit. It would actually, despite what the author may have thought, make it less predictable.
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Title: The Mask of the Enchantress by Victoria Holt, Philippa Carr, Jean Plaidy ISBN: 0385170246 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: July, 1980 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Devil on Horseback by Victoria Holt ISBN: 0449214745 Publisher: Ivy Books Pub. Date: 12 May, 1987 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Lord of the Far Island by Victoria Holt ISBN: 0449211835 Publisher: Ivy Books Pub. Date: 12 March, 1986 List Price(USD): $3.50 |
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Title: Road to Paradise Island by Victoria Holt ISBN: 0449208885 Publisher: Ivy Books Pub. Date: 12 October, 1986 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Judas Kiss by Victoria Holt ISBN: 0449213021 Publisher: Ivy Books Pub. Date: 12 August, 1986 List Price(USD): $3.50 |
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