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'It's beautifully written and, despite the tragic storyline, makes compelling and ultimately uplifting reading.'
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'This is Louise Douglas' first novel and she has achieved something very accomplished.'
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47 of 48 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a beautiful and very sad book about love and life. I've never read anything quite like it because on one level it's an easy to read page turner but its also very intense and moving. The characters are real people you really believe they exist adn the situations are so real. It could easily be an autobiography rather than a novel. The central love story is so powerful it stays with you. This is a classic story. Very highly recommended.
76 of 79 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I read the first few chapters of this online and bought the book on the strength of that and couldn't put it down. Olivia returns to her hometown for the funeral of her beloved husband Luca and straight away you realise that something has gone badly wrong in the past because his family make it clear she is not welcome. To make things worse, Olivia and Luca's brother Marc begin an affair to help each other through the weeks after Luca's death - each reminds the other of Luca, and although you understand how this happened, you know it's bound to end in disaster.
Over the course of the book, the story of Olivia and Luca's relationship is told, and the strength of their love is made clear, and it becomes painfully obvious why Luca's family will never allow her in to their inner circle. Events spiral, there's a cruel twist and Olivia is pushed so far that she finally accepts that she has to let go.
The characters in this book all have their faults, and this makes them real. I empathised with Olivia who is engaging but far from perfect - the descriptions of her as a difficult teenager are brilliant. It's beautifully written but also very easy to read and the emotions are powerfully described. The ending gives some hope for the future although the last three chapters made me cry my eyes out. Like Olivia, I am now more than a little in love with Luca, I can't get him out of my mind.
Over the course of the book, the story of Olivia and Luca's relationship is told, and the strength of their love is made clear, and it becomes painfully obvious why Luca's family will never allow her in to their inner circle. Events spiral, there's a cruel twist and Olivia is pushed so far that she finally accepts that she has to let go.
The characters in this book all have their faults, and this makes them real. I empathised with Olivia who is engaging but far from perfect - the descriptions of her as a difficult teenager are brilliant. It's beautifully written but also very easy to read and the emotions are powerfully described. The ending gives some hope for the future although the last three chapters made me cry my eyes out. Like Olivia, I am now more than a little in love with Luca, I can't get him out of my mind.
30 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is without doubt one of the most believable books i have ever read! It is Funny in places and moving in most, Was a complete obsession for me that i complete this book as fast as possible as i wanted to know what happens next for Olivia and the ending is not dissapointing as it finishes how you feel it should, but wont ruin it for you by saying anymore, just make sure you read this superbly written book.
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Absorbing and Engaging
Really enjoyed this book, and I was pretty much hooked after the initial few pages.
I really believed in the main protagonists and the family relationships were... Read more
I really believed in the main protagonists and the family relationships were... Read more
Published 2 months ago by CC London
From The Aussie Zombie
I have a confession to make. I brought this book just before my 2011 summer holiday, thinking it would be a nice fluffy chick-lit type read for the beach. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Kat from The Aussie Zombie
Well written and a pleasure to read.
This is an excellent book. Given the subject matter it could have been written in a depressing and downbeat manner, but that's not the case at all. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mrs. Ga Mason
The best book ive ever read!
This is the best book ive ever read. I think this is because of Louise Douglas' writing style. She is a writer not just a story teller. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Bex
OMG!
I have read all of my life..this and that genre..that and this..over the last few years I have gone back to what I love to read and that is time travel..paranormal.. Read more
Published 18 months ago by bliz
Poignant Without Being Maudlin
I thoroughly recommend this book. The subject matter (young wife losing her husband in car crash) is very sad but the book is so well written it avoids being maudlin. Read more
Published 18 months ago by E. Chaplin
Dreadful
Extremely disappointing. Unpleasant, unsympathetic character, who wallows and makes selfish, self-indulgent decisions. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Odbert
Great absorbing read
Thoroughly enjoyed my first read of a Louise Douglas book. Got absorbed by the characters and could feel for main character. Well written.
Published 20 months ago by CraftyLindy
When loss and love turn out to be a gift never to lose after all
This first book of Louise Douglas made me wonder what kind of loss the author had to go
through herself because it feels more like reading a diary than a made up story. Read more
through herself because it feels more like reading a diary than a made up story. Read more
Published 22 months ago by La Carolina
Makes you think................
A truly stunning novel, Louise Douglas has written a very thought provoking book, it brings out so many emotions, from the bottom of despair to dizzy highs of new love, you will... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Mrs. Joanna Louise May
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