Promise, The

Rating:
Summary: Predictable, Yet Nice, Story
Review: I liked this book, though it is no great literary work. The story is timelessly romantic, which is appealing. However, it's *very* predictable, and the author did not research how to Americanize her American character, Robin. Robin, supposedly American, often comes out with words or phrases like, "advert" for "ad," "piss off" for "screw you," etc., etc. That part's actually kind of funny, but it makes the book lose a bit of its flavor.

The pain and human nature of the two main characters is described very well. They are real people, which I liked.

The story wraps up quite quickly and a bit too neatly (everyone gets everything kind of story). Then, the author leaves the ending completely open, which disappointed me. There's no real closure to it.

Worth a read, but don't get your expectations too high.

Rating:
Summary: Unexpected Hit
Review: I'm not sure why this book is not more well known and why it is not more widely reviewed.

I am not a big romantic reader nor do I have a life full of mysterious lovers. But something about this novel grasped me like few others have.

Main character Colm is nothing special nor are the women he meets. Yet we all have had incidents in our past that we wonder about. If a few details had been a little bit different would our life have been different? If we ran into our first love would they throw their arms around us or say "sorry I don't remember you?"

This book captured me. It is easy to read, moves right along and the story line is plausible. Predictable perhaps but that does not detract from the book. The detailed descriptions of the feelings and emotions of the participants is wonderful.

I thoroughly enjoyed this story. It is far better than many of the mass market books I read daily and better than most of Oprah's picks.

Rating:
Summary: Unexpected Hit
Review: I'm not sure why this book is not more well known and why it is not more widely reviewed.

I am not a big romantic reader nor do I have a life full of mysterious lovers. But something about this novel grasped me like few others have.

Main character Colm is nothing special nor are the women he meets. Yet we all have had incidents in our past that we wonder about. If a few details had been a little bit different would our life have been different? If we ran into our first love would they throw their arms around us or say "sorry I don't remember you?"

This book captured me. It is easy to read, moves right along and the story line is plausible. Predictable perhaps but that does not detract from the book. The detailed descriptions of the feelings and emotions of the participants is wonderful.

I thoroughly enjoyed this story. It is far better than many of the mass market books I read daily and better than most of Oprah's picks.