By Alexander McCall Smith
Mma Ramotswe and Mr.
J.L.B. Matekoni are still engaged, but with no immediate plans to get
married. Mma Ramotswe wonders when a wedding date will be named, but she
is anxious to avoid putting pressure on her fiancé. For indeed he has
other things on his mind -- particularly a frightening request
(involving a parachute jump) made by Mma Potokwani, the persuasive
matron of the orphan farm.
Mma Ramotswe herself has weighty matters on her mind. She has been approached by a wealthy lady to check up on several suitors. Are these men interested in her or just her money? This may be difficult to find out, but it’s just the kind of case Mma Ramotswe likes and she is, as we know, a very intuitive lady.
Meanwhile, Mma Makutsi -- plucky assistant detective and deputy manager of the Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors garage -- is moving. Her entrepreneurial venture, the Kalahari Typing School for Men, is thriving and with this new income she has rented two rooms in a house. Her spare time is occupied with planning the move, the décor and her new life in a house with running water all to herself.
In the background of all this is Botswana, a country of empty spaces and echoing skies, a country so beautiful and entrancing that it breaks your heart. Mma Ramotswe has prepared the bush tea and is waiting for us to join her.
Mma Ramotswe herself has weighty matters on her mind. She has been approached by a wealthy lady to check up on several suitors. Are these men interested in her or just her money? This may be difficult to find out, but it’s just the kind of case Mma Ramotswe likes and she is, as we know, a very intuitive lady.
Meanwhile, Mma Makutsi -- plucky assistant detective and deputy manager of the Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors garage -- is moving. Her entrepreneurial venture, the Kalahari Typing School for Men, is thriving and with this new income she has rented two rooms in a house. Her spare time is occupied with planning the move, the décor and her new life in a house with running water all to herself.
In the background of all this is Botswana, a country of empty spaces and echoing skies, a country so beautiful and entrancing that it breaks your heart. Mma Ramotswe has prepared the bush tea and is waiting for us to join her.
Review: I was really disappointed with this installment because I felt like it wasn’t about the mystery as much as being about
boring daily Botswana stuff. Now I know these books are a light detective story and I usually like learning all about life in Botswana but this time it wasn’t
doing anything for me and I got bored. I loved the other four because they had
a really interesting mystery intertwined with the daily story of Mma Ramotswe
but this one took quite a few chapters before we came across our mystery. In
the end, I hate to say this, I didn’t finish the audiobook. Instead I looked online
to find out what happened in the end and I kinda wished I had finished the
book because something really important happened. Oh well! I think i’ll wait a while before I read the next one.
On the cover: It's not a very exciting cover and I don't see how it speaks specifically about the story because there wasn't really much to the story. I suppose the book is called "Full Cupboard of Life" and this a full cupboard??
Listening on Audio to next: Purity in Death by J. D. Robb
Have you read this series? What did you think?
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