Alexander McCall Smith - Friends, Lovers, Chocolate

Pros: A thought provoking novel on the philosophical issues of love, life, temptation and self-control.
Cons: The characters have rich personalities with scantily drawn appearances

Friends, Lovers, Chocolate: The Sunday Philosophy Club Sue's Pre-Ramble I ordered Friends, Lovers, Chocolate written by Alexander McCall Smith from Zooba, one of my online book clubs (all books are $9.95 and no s/h ...

Pros: Pleasant narrative, Scottish setting, gentle discourse on the nature of ethics
Cons: Resolution of the central plot is contrived and unconvincing

Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith is the second in a series of three (so far) novels featuring Isabel Dalhousie, editor of the Review of Applied Ethics. Set in the city of Edinburgh, this slim volume is a delightful ...

Pros: Subtle humour, warm relationships, easy-going storytelling.
Cons: Tendency to drop characters without 'completing' them.

In McCall Smith’s No 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, in 44 Scotland St (to which he’s now written a sequel), and also in his newer series, The Sunday Philosophy Club, his main characters are all women. Furthermore, his male characters have what might ...