The Singing Stones

My mother gave this to me because it takes place in Charlottesville, Virginia, where I used to live. I imagine she picked it up at a garage sale somewhere in Illinois. This was a very quick read. The characters are more or less believable, but I was terribly unimpressed with Stephen and therefore Lyn......more

Ah, Phyllis Whitney. Her novels are one of life's simple pleasures: romantic mystery sans blood, gore, sex, and language. What better for some mind-candy fun? Yes, her novels are somewhat formulaic, but part of the fun is always the setting. Her novels are set in interesting locales that often becom......more

Not the best of Phyllis Whitney. The characters were flat. I didn't connect with them at all. There was alot of mystery in this novel, but I just really didn't care about it. There was not one character I connected with or cared about. That, for me, is what a book come alive.......more

I forced myself to finish this book. Plot was slow and plodding and characters were uninteresting.......more

Es muy difícil explicar la cantidad de emociones que me transmitió esta historia, primero por el gran nivel de misterio, por la cantidad de personajes y situaciones tan complejos que presenta y sobre todo por el misticismo que maneja, un poco de realismo mágico y muchos pequeños detalles que hacen q......more