The Pleasing Hour

While I found King's first effort well-written and compelling in the beginning, I was left disappointed and thoroughly annoyed by the time I finished it. The plot is uneven and rambling with many background stories of peripheral characters that are left incomplete and therefore frustratingly superfl......more

This being Lily King’s debut novel, I was braced for mediocrity. I told myself it wouldn’t be as good as Writers & Lovers or Euphoria. And, okay, it’s not - but, I still absolutely loved it. The writing, the characters, the setting 🙌🏼 Now, this book is so sparse for plot that if I gave you a brief s......more

The Pleasing Hour by Lily King Rosie goes to Paris to be an au pair. Her baggage includes a motherless childhood and a teen pregnancy deliberately and secretly planned in order to give her barren sister a much-desired child. Being an au pair in Paris follows the deliv......more

Very different from euphoria. Loved the dynamics. I like character driven stories. A few puzzles persist. Why did Nicole marry Marc in the first place: because he resembled the man she loved, from behind? What did Nicole do all day? She leaves the house, activities are implied but never confirmed. S......more