The Morning Gift (Abridged) Audiobook

" Another book from Eva Ibbotson, this one touches the heart, and will surely make you have a strong faith in love. "

" Interesting setting and storytelling. The setting is World War 2 and Eva tells and excellent story of a Jewish girl trying to get out of Austria and into England. There were some plot twists that I wasn't expecting and some that I was. I enjoyed the book and would recommend it to anyone. "

" Fabulous as always - I love Eva Ibbotson's writing, even if all of her heroines possess the same characteristics. "

" My favourite of her books. Amazing sweetness and whimsy, in a grim world. "

" My jaw dropped. As simple as that. This one stands out to me because I've never liked science too much. This one combines science in one guy and music in another and lets them have at it. It gave me insight to different possible passions and O DEAR!! I think that this book is definately one of Ibbotson's finest!!!!!!!! READ IT if you like a great plot. You won't be dissapointed! "

" I like Eva Ibbotson books. They are quick and easy reads that take you to a dreamy place with dreamy characters. "

" I really enjoy Eva Ibbotson. Her writing has a refreshing voice and I learned from the historical setting. All her YA books are worth a read. "

" I like love stories, but this was just annoying. Both books from Eva Ibbotson that I have read have really "wimpy" and self sacrificing female characters and I just can't relate to.They seem to never feel that they deserve happiness of any kind, to the point that it's just frustrating to read! "

" Good fluff for a day when I needed a distraction. Lots of tangents that distracted from the story. Enjoyed the musical plotline. "

" The idea if a scarlet pimpernel type selflessly rescuing a damsel in distress in WWII Austria was intriguing to me but I found the writing boring and often painful. The last few chapters were unnecessarily drawn out, and ruined the fun behind the suits fun of the premise entirely. "

" You can't help but love the main character! "

" A big fat fluffy Viennese pastry of a romance, somewhere between The Montmarays go to war and the adult fiction of Madeline L'Engle. I savored it to the very end. "

" I had such hopes for this: Jewish heroine! Marriage of convenience! But no. It's anti-Semitic, sexist, and has deeply stupid plot twists at the end. "

" I liked it so much that I bought some additional books from this author. I felt it was a little more "girly" than the general books I usually read, but a good read. "

" Not my favorite Ibbotson, by far. Ruth was just verging on TSTL(to silly to live) and that really spoiled it for me. Sorry, Eva. But that's ok--there's still a lot of hers that I really loved. "

" This was the first book i read of hers and I really enjoyed it. after reading it, i went out and bought the other three books that I could find of her. While I liked the others, this one was my favorite. "

" I liked this one, just not as much as "A Company of Swans." Again, a romance, this one set in Britain about a Hitler-era Austrain refugee. "

" I didn't start out liking this book. I thought the beginning was a little dry, but when I got into the main story I really enjoyed it. "

" I really enjoyed reading this book, it made me laugh and wanting to keep reading. If you are a fan of her books you will probably like this one as well. "

" Not my favorite Ibbotson teen historical romance (A Company of Swans and A Countess Below Stairs were both better), but still very good. It was quite long, and I feel like I really got to know the characters throughout the journey. "

" Another book from Eva Ibbotson, this one touches the heart, and will surely make you have a strong faith in love. "

" Interesting start and I was hopeful about the book in the beginning but the story definitely dragged on and was about a hundred pages too long in my opinion. I found myself skimming the last 30 pages of the book just to get through it which is something I hate "

" This book has such a great cast of characters. I am quite fond of Ruth (as I can relate to her whimsicality!) and the others are all fun to read about as well. And then there is a lovely romance. :) "

" I love love love this book! Probably my favorite Eva Ibbotson (except for all the others). Verena is wonderfully despicable, and Ruth is the perfect heroine. The one unfortunate thing about the book is it's pretty slow-moving. Otherwise, it's practically perfect. "

" I love her books! I just wish she would put as much detail into the endings as she does in the beginnings. "

" You can't help but love the main character! "

" Fabulous as always - I love Eva Ibbotson's writing, even if all of her heroines possess the same characteristics. "

" good overall. not sure if I am a fan of Eva's writting style. not a book for teens, sexual situations, no details given but in my book premarital sex not okay. "

" Good but there were boring bits "

" Eva Ibbotson has a style totally her own. I loved reading her books. "