Lisa G. (plum-marie) - reviewed on 9/9/2016 + 117 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 4

Well I loved the cover and the concept-books being prescribed for readers based on emotions or feelings they were dealing with. I also loved the idea of a boat bookstore! Those concepts were there in the book but as for the core story line I felt drained along with Perdu. You feel his emotions, grief, and all the in between. I wouldn't recommend this one unless a person was mourning the loss of a great love and in search of how to start over. I didn't care for the theme throughout that one person can not be enough and faithfulness isn't important. It seemed the author conveyed that those who were faithful (Catherine) lost a part of themselves in being so and that to be truly alive and in the moment (Manon) you had to be open to not committing to one person. I don't agree. Anyway it is a sad story about loss, love, and starting over [with a fair amount of adultery thrown in].

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