Reception
Despite Friends, Lovers, Chocolate being the second book in the Sunday Philosophy Club series, there are still comparisons to McCall Smith’s previous series The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. For example, Bookreporter.com says that, “Isabel Dalhousie is as wise, charmingly offbeat and original as Mma Ramotswe”, adding that the novel is “As Scottish as a single malt whiskey" and that "McCall Smith's love of Scotland is as poignant as is his love of Botswana in his African series”.
The Times Online was more critical of the novel's perceived slower pace, calling it “sleuthing for softies” and commenting “ entertaining, but I longed for more drama”.
However, Lovereading.com calls the book “utterly charming”.
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