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The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency) [Paperback] [Jun 02, 2016] Alexander McCall Smith | Envi

Kimberly Labor
31 de enero de 2024
Unexpected disharmony in this installment in a beloved series
I am deeply addicted to the novels of Alexander McCall Smith & am working my way through every single volume. I love his wit, insights, kindness, consistently superb ethics, humour, & so much more. I've just finished reading The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine, which I enjoyed very much, as always. I was perturbed, however, at the unexpected & fortunately temporary disharmony between Mma Ramotswe & her secretary-associate detective-co-director at the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Mma Grace Makutsi. Some of Mma Makutsi's behaviour struck me as blatantly rude & even conniving: could this really be happening between these longtime friends & colleagues? Well, Mma Ramotswe herself had the same short-lived fear (but long enough to keep the reader in suspense!). I was hugely relieved when all the misunderstandings were happily resolved, & yet I could not help feeling that Mma Makutsi did come out of this volume a bit tainted. Smith's characters are always evolving, as we know, in all his delightful series, & for a moment I wondered whether in some future volume, Mma Ramotswe would actually sack Mma Makutsi. Probably not, but I will keep reading to find out! This thread of course was not the only one in Sunshine, & I must say I found the thread dealing with the poor little boy Samuel very fascinating & uplifting. In Mma Ramotswe, Smith has created a truly--if I may put it this way--saintly character, with infinite compassion & self-awareness & a heart of pure gold. In this very troubled world, A. McCall Smith's books are the perfect mental therapy & fount of inspiration.Ver másVer menos
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Thomas K
19 de septiembre de 2021
Another cozy mystery in this Pleasant series
4 stars for another pleasant book in the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, set in Botswana, Africa. This is book 16 in the series and I have read them in order. There are developments throughout the series, so they are best read in order, although this would work as a stand alone. This book has Grace Makutsi persuading Precious Ramotswe into taking a vacation from her duties at the agency. It is her first vacation since she founded the agency. Grace takes over in Precious' absence. A complicated comes up and Precious is drawn back in, w/o Grace's knowledge. There are misunderstandings, but everything is resolved with a satisfactory ending. If you like cozy mysteries with no violence or profanity, then you will love this series.Both my wife and I read this series.Ver másVer menos
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RubyCat
18 de septiembre de 2016
As wonderful as each of the novels in the series
This is another if Smith's wonderful and touching series about the #1 Ladies Detective Agency and its owner, Precious Ramotswe. There is a sly humor here and I am always impressed with the patient and giving nature of Mma Ramotswe and her compatriots. If this is truly how Botswana feels, it is a place I would love to visit. The characters are not like any I have ever met but Precious gives everyone the benefit of her wisdom and charity. She is insightful and seems naive without seeming stupid and although each of these stories stands alone very well, it is wonderful to start at the beginning and meet each of the main characters in the first books and get to know them all better and better as the series progresses. These are quick reads, but I always try to make them last as long as I can because I love them so. You'll end up smiling at the end of each and every book and this is no exception.Ver másVer menos
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Susan F.
17 de noviembre de 2025
Interesting and easy to read
Quality and informative well written
Cindy Rowe
13 de julio de 2026
Great read
Wonderful addition to the series
Dr. Delores Washburn
21 de noviembre de 2015
Three Stars
Much weaker plot than in earlier novels in the series--not very entertaining. Although I have read all of the series with considerable interest, respect, and enjoyment of their morality-centered themes, this one lacked the "touch of the master" in my opinion. As prolific as beloved Alexander McCall Smith is, we cannot expect every novel to be brilliant in every respect. Perhaps this one lacks some of the local color found in earlier plots. Perhaps it lacks solid muscle under the flesh of the story, or maybe it attempts to pull together too many unrelated events. Introducing a mistreated boy, who is of course assumed by the familiar orphanage, helps flesh out the tale; but the reader would perhaps enjoy seeing more of the children in Mma Ramotswe's own household. They are always off stage and might be as compelling as waifs on the street (which they themselves once were). The operating mystery that is solved by Mma Makutsi while Precious is "on vacation" is so much weaker than those in previous Smith novels in this series. The sub-plot in which Precious and Mr. Polopetsi solve the case as well seems redundant. Even so, the constant love of Botswana, her husband, and her father that Mma Ramotswe evinces, as well as her sense of justice, are rays of sunshine everyone respects, ingredients that keep the audience returning for more.Ver másVer menos
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The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency) [Paperback] [Jun 02, 2016] Alexander McCall Smith

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Unexpected disharmony in this installment in a beloved series

Another cozy mystery in this Pleasant series

As wonderful as each of the novels in the series

Interesting and easy to read

Great read

Three Stars

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