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Praise for Susan Lewis
"Spellbinding -- you just keep turning the pages, with the atmosphere growing more and more intense as the story leads to its dramatic climax."
--"Daily Mail"
"Mystery and romance par excellence."
--"Sun"
"Spellbinding -- you just keep turning the pages, with the atmosphere growing more and more intense as the story leads to its dramatic climax."
--"Daily Mail"
"Mystery and romance par excellence."
--"Sun"
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Praise for Susan Lewis:
"Spellbinding -- you just keep turning the pages, with the atmosphere growing more and more intense as the story leads to its dramatic climax."
--"Daily Mail"
"Mystery and romance par excellence."
--"Sun" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
"Spellbinding -- you just keep turning the pages, with the atmosphere growing more and more intense as the story leads to its dramatic climax."
--"Daily Mail"
"Mystery and romance par excellence."
--"Sun" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have never felt compelled to leave a review before, but this book truely deserves to be read. I have never read a Susan Lewis book before, but I will be checking out her back catalogue from herein....
I was gripped from the first few pages of the book which heartbreakingly follows the story of Jessica who lost her daughter Natalie in a terrible accident in France. As a mother, Jessica believes something sinister surrounds her death and this takes her to France, back to where her daughter died. What follows is not only a breathtaking description of France but the love affair that takes place makes you feel like you are there watching from afar, this is due to the exceptional description and passion in the way it is written. The author also holds on to your imagination as it twists and turns throughout trying to figure out what happened to Jessica's daughter. I challenge anyone who doesn't fall in love with Luc!
If you take one book on holiday with you, make it this one.
I was gripped from the first few pages of the book which heartbreakingly follows the story of Jessica who lost her daughter Natalie in a terrible accident in France. As a mother, Jessica believes something sinister surrounds her death and this takes her to France, back to where her daughter died. What follows is not only a breathtaking description of France but the love affair that takes place makes you feel like you are there watching from afar, this is due to the exceptional description and passion in the way it is written. The author also holds on to your imagination as it twists and turns throughout trying to figure out what happened to Jessica's daughter. I challenge anyone who doesn't fall in love with Luc!
If you take one book on holiday with you, make it this one.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was given this book by a well-meaning friend who knows I'm an incorrigible francophile and thought I would enjoy it. Sixty pages into the book and I'm still waiting for it to get going. It never does. In vain I wait for a credible character but unfortunately the book is entirely peopled by two-dimensional stereotypes from the lifestyle section of a tabloid colour supplement. There's the lantern-jawed, patrician husband, the moody almost monosyllabic sculptor (those sensitive hands) and the protaganist - a blond, beautiful, Notting Hill media celeb and budding biographist. Success and typecasting, in the heady world created by Ms. Lewis are, apparently, a given.
I longed for a bit of snap in the prose but it droned like a teenager's diary. I wanted some resonance in the writing but it remained flat, contrived and resolutely superficial - overloaded with adjectives leaving very little to the imagination of the reader, and constantly ignoring the first rule of writing - show don't tell. The authoress's attempt at depth is to quote lines from Keats and chunks of prose from Irene Némirovsky.
Because the prose is so long-winded I wasted a lot of time hoping for the narrative to develop. I'm afraid it added very little to my knowledge of France (except for some information about the making and tasting of wine) or to my knowledge of how to handle love or grief which, I presume, are the themes behind the narrative, if, indeed, it was the intention of the authoress to tackle a theme.
Susan Lewis has written a slew of books and is, I'm sure, a commercial success and I admire her for that. However, from now on I'll be a little bit more careful when given any book which bears even the faintest resemblance to Romantic fiction. Life's just too short.
I longed for a bit of snap in the prose but it droned like a teenager's diary. I wanted some resonance in the writing but it remained flat, contrived and resolutely superficial - overloaded with adjectives leaving very little to the imagination of the reader, and constantly ignoring the first rule of writing - show don't tell. The authoress's attempt at depth is to quote lines from Keats and chunks of prose from Irene Némirovsky.
Because the prose is so long-winded I wasted a lot of time hoping for the narrative to develop. I'm afraid it added very little to my knowledge of France (except for some information about the making and tasting of wine) or to my knowledge of how to handle love or grief which, I presume, are the themes behind the narrative, if, indeed, it was the intention of the authoress to tackle a theme.
Susan Lewis has written a slew of books and is, I'm sure, a commercial success and I admire her for that. However, from now on I'll be a little bit more careful when given any book which bears even the faintest resemblance to Romantic fiction. Life's just too short.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
For me, the plot was a cliche, the characters were poorly developed and impossible to relate to and the self-concious references to modern living, as if to justify the book as 'trendy' without advancing the plot, was annoy to the point of making me shout "Put the bl**dy mobile down and get on with the story!!"
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Not one of her best
I think Susan Lewis is a very talented writer. The research she puts into her novels is second to none and I have enjoyed reading many of her books. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Fiona in Florence
Did not like the book at all
I picked this book up in Asda for £1, I am not surprised that it sold for this price, I just skimmed through it to see what happens, it was so slow, I read about 70 pages and still... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mrs. V. Leete
Pure drivel
OK, perhaps I should never have picked this up, but I unfortunately did and stupidly dragged myself through it until the end. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Rebecca C
Please don't...
I have never in my life failed to finish a book - until now. I finally got tired of having to re-read every paragraph. Read more
Published 16 months ago by this book has made me grumpy
Good Read
Another fab book from Susan Lewis that I didnt want to put down. She has the knack of writing that draws you into the world of the characters which I love. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Doxy
Fantastic Read - Unputdownable!
I have just finished reading this book and felt compelled to write a review. I have read this book in just two days and couldn't put it down. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Louise Catterall
Awful!
After a friend recommended the book to me i bought it and with great excitement began to read, only to find one of the flimsiest boring and unreadable novels i have ever come... Read more
Published on 19 April 2010 by Book love
Shallow fluff
This book is fine if you want a *very* lightweight holiday read, but if you're after more from a book - avoid! Read more
Published on 12 Sep 2009 by Femmielala
Dull and cliched trash
Thought this might be the best of a bad bunch of holiday-read novels in the bookcase at our holiday home. Read more
Published on 10 Aug 2009 by Jennie
Very satisfying read.
"A French Affair" by Susan Lewis is a fantastic read. Though, this was a change of direction for me, I was instantly drawn to this story from the start. Read more
Published on 24 July 2009 by Ms. J. M. Chalmers
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