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The Right Attitude to Rain (Sunday Philosophy Club 3) | 
 enlarge | Author: Alexander Mccall Smith
Creator: Hilary Neville
Publisher: Time Warner AudioBooks
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 397572
Format: Abridged, Audiobook
Media: Audio Cassette
Edition: Abridged edition
Number Of Items: 4
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Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.3 x 1.3
ISBN: 1405500557
EAN: 9781405500555
ASIN: 1405500557
Publication Date: October 5, 2006
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 A comfortable book to read at bedtime July 25, 2008
I started with book 4 of the series and then read 1, 2 and this one (no 3). I'm hooked and will have to order number 5! These books are perfect for bed-time reading. You enter the gentle world of genteel Edinburgh following life's up and downs of a nice forty-something woman (Isabel Dalhousie). She has inherited wealth and has a part-time job as an editor of a philosophy journal so has time to ponder the world around her and be a bit of an amateur detective. It's all very engaging and charming and doesn't keep you awake at night. I think these books will have a particular appeal to those of us who are familiar with the parts of Edinburgh and Scottish Borders in which these books are set.
It would be best to read the books in chronological order as there is an evolving story in Isabel's personal life that unfolds over the series.
 Evening Cocoa November 21, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is very pleasant and undemanding stuff.
The plot inches along and any pretense at investigating crime has been abandoned. There is a twist at the end, but the next book synopsis gives it away.
You can read these books quickly and with little effort but the main character (Isabel Dalhousie) occasionally becomes annoying and the book sometimes just becomes an exposition of moral philosophy with the characters fading into the background.
So nothing special, but not dreadful either.
 My goodness, Isabel Dalhousie is human after all. November 3, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I was very disappointed with the first Isabel Dalhousie book, 'The Sunday Philosophy Club'. Most of the characters, and especially Dalhousie herself, emerged with all the character of a cardboard cutout. It isn't just that they were so different from the Mma Ramotswe books, the first two Sunday Philosophy Club books were plain boring by McCall Smith's standards.
I still find the main character's endless witterings about moral philosophy irritating, but she has at least progressed in this novel to show that she has real, everyday, human feelings. As the book progresses, the entertainment value (and that surely is what these books are about? Maybe not?) increases, and Smith releases a nice bombshell at the end.
At last I can look forward to the next Dalhousie novel.
The Examined Life Examined September 22, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Once upon a time philosophers dealt with practical questions of ethics: When is it appropriate to lie? When can you take another life? When may you be silent while another makes a mistake? Alexander McCall Smith returns us to those musings, dressed up in the clothing of a divorced woman, Isabel Dalhousie, dealing with her personal life and her profession as the editor of the Review of Applied Ethics. For those who like some intellectual depth with their stories, this series will be most rewarding. For those who want big laughs and ironies that make you instantly smile, go back to The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.
This is the third book in the series. In the prior books, Isabel shows herself to be a woman who likes to take her time to examine her behavior . . . before acting . . . and usually kicks herself when she doesn't let her intellect lead her. While being concerned about her niece, Cat, Isabel mostly is disappointed that Cat has rejected the handsome and worthy Jamie for a series of less good marital candidates. But Isabel has taken solace in keeping Jamie for a friend, while Jamie pines for the uninterested Cat.
When it rains, is that a blessing . . . or bad luck? In Scotland where it usually rains, you'd better take the former attitude. That's the theme of this story: How should you handle the unexpected?
The story moves forward on a number of fronts: Isabel develops an interest in an odd couple of Americans who turn out to be friends of her cousin; Cat has a new man in her life; Isabel and Jamie seem to drift closer together than either expected; Isabel helps Cat find some new help; and Isabel sets out to buy a home for Grace, her housekeeper. Each story element turns on the nature of male-female relations and examines those relations in different ways.
While there are the usual conundrums (What if someone misunderstands your purpose and offers you a bargain? What should you do if you think someone is in bad relationship? What's the right reaction when love offers itself?), there is actually more plot development in this story than in the previous two combined. I also liked the way that this book points out the limits of trying to lead with one's mental faculties. There is, after all, a strong emotional side to all of us.
I found my interest in the series to be greatly increased by this book. I'm very much looking forward to the next installment in the series.
Bravo!
The Examined Life Examined September 22, 2007
Once upon a time philosophers dealt with practical questions of ethics: When is it appropriate to lie? When can you take another life? When may you be silent while another makes a mistake? Alexander McCall Smith returns us to those musings, dressed up in the clothing of a divorced woman, Isabel Dalhousie, dealing with her personal life and her profession as the editor of the Review of Applied Ethics. For those who like some intellectual depth with their stories, this series will be most rewarding. For those who want big laughs and ironies that make you instantly smile, go back to The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.
This is the third book in the series. In the prior books, Isabel shows herself to be a woman who likes to take her time to examine her behavior . . . before acting . . . and usually kicks herself when she doesn't let her intellect lead her. While being concerned about her niece, Cat, Isabel mostly is disappointed that Cat has rejected the handsome and worthy Jamie for a series of less good marital candidates. But Isabel has taken solace in keeping Jamie for a friend, while Jamie pines for the uninterested Cat.
When it rains, is that a blessing . . . or bad luck? In Scotland where it usually rains, you'd better take the former attitude. That's the theme of this story: How should you handle the unexpected?
The story moves forward on a number of fronts: Isabel develops an interest in an odd couple of Americans who turn out to be friends of her cousin; Cat has a new man in her life; Isabel and Jamie seem to drift closer together than either expected; Isabel helps Cat find some new help; and Isabel sets out to buy a home for Grace, her housekeeper. Each story element turns on the nature of male-female relations and examines those relations in different ways.
While there are the usual conundrums (What if someone misunderstands your purpose and offers you a bargain? What should you do if you think someone is in bad relationship? What's the right reaction when love offers itself?), there is actually more plot development in this story than in the previous two combined. I also liked the way that this book points out the limits of trying to lead with one's mental faculties. There is, after all, a strong emotional side to all of us.
I found my interest in the series to be greatly increased by this book. I'm very much looking forward to the next installment in the series.
Bravo!
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