This is the first time I've read this book (I'm only partway through now). I think if I hadn't known it was part of the Marlows series, I wouldn't have liked it much. Btw, thanks to coughingbear for sending me the file!
The characters seem very scantily drawn and I find myself going back to Autumn Term to remember details about them, particularly the twins. Without the knowledge of that book, things would be quite confusing. I would have thought it was too far in the past (the 1940s) to have any relevance to me, but yet I could get into the school story. The British "don't say what you're thinking" thing always seems a bit odd to me. As a bullied kid at school, I always knew exactly why people didn't like me!
I think I'll have to read the whole thing before I venture any more comments, because there have been a couple of small spoilers where people have commented ahead and I haven't read that yet.
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The characters seem very scantily drawn and I find myself going back to Autumn Term to remember details about them, particularly the twins. Without the knowledge of that book, things would be quite confusing. I would have thought it was too far in the past (the 1940s) to have any relevance to me, but yet I could get into the school story. The British "don't say what you're thinking" thing always seems a bit odd to me. As a bullied kid at school, I always knew exactly why people didn't like me!
I think I'll have to read the whole thing before I venture any more comments, because there have been a couple of small spoilers where people have commented ahead and I haven't read that yet.