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Summary: Lyrical prose, quiet emotion, profound in its impact
Review: This book is a gem. The words literally call out to you to read them aloud. The two narratives flow together seamlessly, weaving in and out of the past as we learn bits and pieces of the story. The restraint Dodd uses to color the love affair is brilliant. As anyone who has ever lost someone--whether to love gone wrong or to death--knows the color of grief is mostly gray. To those reviewers that think this couple lack passion, I say that you weren't paying attention. This was passionate love in one of its purest forms. A deeply moving and wonderfully written book.
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Summary: I've Read Better Fiction On My Cereal Box...
Review: This book was a dreadful disappointment to me. A friend at work recommended it highly. I really enjoyed it until I reached the beginning of Chapter 1. Then things got difficult.My main complaint about the book (besides the fact that it moves slowly and is difficult to slog through) is about the characters... they were dreadfully false. Wim is a sorry sack of a man, who gives up what little promise he has to marry Pamela (the most dour and ill-tempered woman he could find). Then after she dies, and Wim contracts a terminal illness, he naturally flees to Pam's nearest relative: Leandra. The book's story line is gut-wrenchingly, heart-sickeningly, bone-crushingly melodramatic, and the dialogue (esp. Leandra's Southern "drawl") is stilted and forced. I realize that this is a mean and biting review... but this was one of the worst five books I have ever read. I had to respond.
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Summary: Never wanted it to end
Review: This novel quietly unfolds and wins the reader over with its beautiful prose and tender story. Susan Dodd uses restraint to tell a love story without being overly sentimental.
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