Reviews for Guy Mannering
Review - Guy Mannering
There are books I enjoy having read. And then there are books I enjoy reading. This was definitely one of the latter. Scott reads a lot like Dickens, with the same proliferation of coincidences and the same final chapter in which all the characters end up related to one another somehow. If this bothers you, think of it as a type of mystery — How can the author possible link this mule herder in California with that rich widow in London and the poor orphan girl in Italy? None of those characters appear in Guy Mannering, I just put them here to make a point. He returns to the neighborhood as an adult, not knowing who he is (or was). Good story, good writing, although the plot resolved itself a bit too early in the book.
Reviewed by Roger on 2003-07-22 20:32:10