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Summary: Light Reading and very enjoyable
Review: By its title, I assumed that the book would be about living with past memories and depressing. However, once I started I could not put it down. It was action driven, who-done-it that kept me reading and curious about what's next. As we travel thru France, every stop was about a real place and the descriptions capable of taking you there. As I read the next progression, my curiosity was about the developing relationship that kept me wondering how this woman's heart/mind will handle it. It is great to read a story of a middle aged woman who achieves personal growth, works out the situations, and is OK after 25 years of marriage. This book takes you thru geographical (to France) and emotional (revising memories) travels. It makes you reflect on life and what we think we remember (present memories are different than what really happened, things are no longer there as we expect them, and certainly people change as well as relationships). Take a break from the type of novels you prefer.
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Summary: Elizabeth Adler did it again.
Review: Elizabeth Adler's books always entertain, they always bring smiles to my face and sometimes an ache in my heart, I'm so involved with her characters, but it's hard to beat Lara and Dan in Last Time I Saw Paris. Read and enjoy a vicarious trip through France given to you by a master of descriptive narrative - you'll believe you were there and since Ms. Adler tells us all the places she visits are real, you could in fact go there. Which is exactly what I plan on doing - with a husband who hasn't dumped me for another woman I'm glad to say.
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Summary: Loved This Book!
Review: I don't usually 'review' books but I had to write about this one. I want to say I loved The Last Time I Saw Paris. I've read it twice and passed it on to my friends. If you've never had a great love affair - then learn about it from Ms Adler. And if you've never been to France, then go with her in this book. Loved it.
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Summary: So much potential, so little fulfillment.
Review: I love Europe. I love reading about Europe. I love stories that take place in Europe with vivid descriptions and lively characters and funny anecdotes. This book promised all this and more. Unfortunately, it didn't deliver. Instead, it is a stilted recounting of somebody's road trip. It could take place anywhere in the world or nowhere at all. The descriptions of towns and countrysides are two dimensional and boring, characters are stiff and shallow, and supposedly funny anecdotes are stilted and forced. The whole thing comes off like reading a really dry travel book. So, if you want vivid, colorful descriptions of lovely French towns and hilarious tales of travel gone awry, try a Rick Steves' travel book. If you want a passionate romantic tale, try any number of romance writers. But whatever you do, don't waste your money on this one. Thank goodness I checked my copy out at the library.
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Summary: So much potential, so little fulfillment.
Review: I love Europe. I love reading about Europe. I love stories that take place in Europe with vivid descriptions and lively characters and funny anecdotes. This book promised all this and more. Unfortunately, it didn't deliver. Instead, it is a stilted recounting of somebody's road trip. It could take place anywhere in the world or nowhere at all. The descriptions of towns and countrysides are two dimensional and boring, characters are stiff and shallow, and supposedly funny anecdotes are stilted and forced. The whole thing comes off like reading a really dry travel book. So, if you want vivid, colorful descriptions of lovely French towns and hilarious tales of travel gone awry, try a Rick Steves' travel book. If you want a passionate romantic tale, try any number of romance writers. But whatever you do, don't waste your money on this one. Thank goodness I checked my copy out at the library.
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Summary: Wisk you away romance
Review: I really enjoyed this book. It is such a wonderful
love story. You just want to stop everyday life
and go on vacation to Paris.
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Summary: Quelle horreur!
Review: I recently read and loved Summer in Tuscany by Elizabeth Adler. Shortly afterwards I came across The Last Time I Saw Paris by the same author and while I enjoyed this book it wasn't nearly as good as Summer in Tuscany. Whereas Summer in Tuscany was a fun-filled read which almost served as a travelogue of the region, The Last Time I Saw Paris had a rather silly premise and didn't describe Paris nearly as interestingly as the former book. After almost 25 years of marriage, Lara plans a trip to Paris to celebrate this milestone anniversary. But more than this it is an attempt to revitalize her failing marriage. Remembering back to their honeymoon plans every detail exactly the same as it was during their honeymoon hoping they can recreate those fun-free and happy days. Or at least this is the way Lara chooses to remember them. But Lara's husband has a surprise for her. Not only doesn't he want to recreate their honeymoon 25 years later, he no longer wants to be married to Lara preferring the company of a much younger colleague. Licking her wounds, Lara retreats to their beach house where she meets the contractor they previously hired for some odd jobs. He is young, good looking and Lara is immediately attracted to him. During a hasty moment Lara invites him to accompany her on this trip and he accepts. As one can imagine these two are now in for some very madcap and hilarious moments as everything that can happen to tourists happens to them. They arrive in Paris to find their luggage is missing, they have no reservations in a small French town and during a violent rainstorm their car breaks down. In a rather predictable plot, Lara and Don find themselves beginning a relationship in the city of love. And things really become interesting when Lara's husband reconsiders and flies to Paris to spend the rest of the trip with her. Only then does Lara remembers her honeymoon the way it really was and not how she imagined. This is not an altogether unpleasant read. It is a light fast paced book best suited for a vacation or time spent on the beach. For travelers to foreign cities it will remind them of their own travel escapades, wondrous sights and events as well as the disastrous moments. Ultimately I did enjoy this book and would recommend reading it. Be sure and read Summer in Tuscany too for a mouth watering reading experience.
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Summary: Five Stars For This Fun French Adventure
Review: I've traveled to France many times and I followed Elizabeth Adler's characters on their journey, using the Michelin Guide as a check for the places I wasn't familiar with. In my view - and in my experience - she's right on the mark and her evocation of the countryside and the South of France, as well as Paris, with all the good things and some of the bad - are masterly. As a seasoned traveler and a would-be romantic - I recommend this book highly.
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Summary: Fun romance
Review: Lara Lewis has her second honeymoon all planned - airline tickets, reservations at hotels and restaurants, car rentals - all at the same places where she and her husband, Bill, visited on their first honeymoon. There is only one problem - her husband cancels out on her and takes a business trip with his young associate doctor. After talking with "the Girlfriends", Lara decides to go anyway. But then she impulsively invites Dan, the younger man who is repairing her deck, to go with her. He does and what an adventure it is! From overbooked flights, hotel reservations not held, bad weather and "someone" not being able to read a map correctly and all the other mishaps that can happen on a vacation to wonderful finds when they just "go with the flow", its a great read for us. The author visited all the places in France that are in the book and it shows. It's a wonderful, imaginative escape with some surprises on the way. Pick it up and let some wonderful writing take you to France and a great adventure.
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Summary: Second chances
Review: Lara Lewis is concerned about her marriage to a self-absorbed Doctor, and decides that a second honeymoon to Paris is just what the Dr. ordered. Unfortunately the Dr. disagrees and backs out of the trip in order to accompany a younger woman on a business trip. Lara is heartbroken and thinks she will have to go to Paris alone, but meanwhile she meets a young handyman at her beach house, and decides to take him along. During the trip, she compares her new experiences with Dan to the ones she has imagined she had with her husband. She learns some surprising truths about herself and her marriage and emerges from the trip with new confidence. The author obviously has a knowledge of and love for France and she describes the countryside in a way which makes the reader want to go and see the sights in person.
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