Helpful Score: 4
Wow! An amazing book! This is one of those rare books that pulls you right out of the real world and into it's pages and doesn't let you go. It is a humorous, heart breaking and heart mending journey. I savored the experience and I will be reading more of Martin!
Helpful Score: 2
I loved this book; my first by Charles Martin and won't be my last. This book is about redemption and revelations but is by no means religious even though one of the 3 main characters is a priest.
It is about picking up broken pieces and moving on and how we as people can help others do just that. Two broken souls put together by one old codgedy priest with a story that will stir your heart and supersede time. The characters were amazing and well thought-out, not necessarily like-able at first but in the end you were rooting for them, especially Katie.
The different settings were so descriptive, you felt like you were there, skimming the bracken water of Florida in an air boat, walking the streets of Paris and eating chocolate croissants and exploring the chateau in Langeais.
At the end of the book I found the Q&A with the writer very insightful so be sure and check that out. Also there is a section, Doc Snakeoil. How entertaining that was and a true look into Mr. Martin....how he came to be as a writer.
It is with pleasure that I recommend this book and hope others find it as entertaining as I did.
It is about picking up broken pieces and moving on and how we as people can help others do just that. Two broken souls put together by one old codgedy priest with a story that will stir your heart and supersede time. The characters were amazing and well thought-out, not necessarily like-able at first but in the end you were rooting for them, especially Katie.
The different settings were so descriptive, you felt like you were there, skimming the bracken water of Florida in an air boat, walking the streets of Paris and eating chocolate croissants and exploring the chateau in Langeais.
At the end of the book I found the Q&A with the writer very insightful so be sure and check that out. Also there is a section, Doc Snakeoil. How entertaining that was and a true look into Mr. Martin....how he came to be as a writer.
It is with pleasure that I recommend this book and hope others find it as entertaining as I did.
Helpful Score: 1
I loved this book and can only echo the other two reviews so far.......it is heartfelt and well worth reading. I've also read Where the River Ends, which moved me to tears. Someone told the author he writes like a girl...I say he writes like a human fully in touch with his feelings. Recommended.
