Ebook The Girl You Left Behind Azw3 Tác Giả Jojo Moyes

Introduction of the ebook: The Girl You Left Behind

Đánh giá : 4.01 /5 (sao)

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars, a sweeping bestseller of love and loss, deftly weaving two journeys from World War I France to present day London.

Paris, World War I. Sophie Lefèvre must keep her family safe while her adored husband, Édouard, fights at the front. When their town falls to the Germans, Sophie is forced to serve them every eve From the New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars, a sweeping bestseller of love and loss, deftly weaving two journeys from World War I France to present day London.

Paris, World War I. Sophie Lefèvre must keep her family safe while her adored husband, Édouard, fights at the front. When their town falls to the Germans, Sophie is forced to serve them every evening at her hotel. From the moment the new Kommandant sets eyes on Sophie’s portrait—painted by her artist husband—a dangerous obsession is born.

Almost a century later in London, Sophie’s portrait hangs in the home of Liv Halston, a wedding gift from her young husband before his sudden death. After a chance encounter reveals the portrait’s true worth, a battle begins over its troubled history and Liv’s world is turned upside all over again. …more

Review ebook The Girl You Left Behind

I’m probably done with this author. The storyline about Sophie and Eduoard during WWI kept me interested. The details and complications of the German Occupation seemed realistic and were thought provoking. The painting of Sophie deeply affected all who viewed it and I liked the way it linked the two plots. Sophie’s persistent bravery in the face of harsh circumstances and pure evil was pretty darn amazing.

Here’s the rub. That second modern day storyline just didn’t cut it for me. Liv and Paul ne I’m probably done with this author. The storyline about Sophie and Eduoard during WWI kept me interested. The details and complications of the German Occupation seemed realistic and were thought provoking. The painting of Sophie deeply affected all who viewed it and I liked the way it linked the two plots. Sophie’s persistent bravery in the face of harsh circumstances and pure evil was pretty darn amazing.

Here’s the rub. That second modern day storyline just didn’t cut it for me. Liv and Paul never felt fleshed out. Plus, that danged trial was ridiculously long and extremely contrived. I thought it would never end and did not care how it ended as long as it ended. I was sick of the painting and all of the characters by the end. Added to that, the author started to overwork the emotions/lessons to the point of cliches. “Most days now his loss is a part of her, an awkward weight she carries around, invisible to everyone else.” Why not show us the effect of this weight instead of telling us about it?

“What it teaches us, Mr. MCafferty, is there’s a whole lot more to life than winning.” Come on. That’s not a revelation worth driving home.

Me Before You was written by this author in 2012. Now this one in 2013. She needed to take more time with this one. I think she needs to hire an aggressive editor and pare her stories to their essential cores. But then, she didn’t really ask me for my opinion.

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