The Love Letter

Rating:
Summary: Presumptuous
Review: Part from the fact that the main character is unbearable, but why almost every female writer must show her heroine's power and strenght in showing wild sex intercourses with younger men? Are we still at that point? She would like to be the open minded woman she is not at all. She is just egocentric. The style is boring, the way of writing is presumptuous. I did not know about the movie, I hope nobody will waste time and money on it.

Rating:
Summary: superb!!
Review: I just had to write and tell everyone how much I enjoyed this book. It stays with me still, though I read it weeks and weeks ago. It is very well written, witty, surprising, and above all, refreshing. Thank you Ms. Schine!!

Rating:
Summary: Not what I expected ...
Review: Though I persevered to the end, the book was a sleeper. It went in circles the whole way through. The basis seemed good but I thought it needed a lot more substance. The movie has to be better!

Rating:
Summary: Horrid.
Review: I picked up this book because I heard the movie was coming out and wanted to see that. It was a torturous read to say the least. I thought it was very boring and the characters seemed flimsy for lack of a better word. The last 50 pages or so are alright but it's not really worth reading through the first 200 to get to them. Wouldn't recommend this to anyone.

Rating:
Summary: clo from Canada
Review: Sorry but I have to agree with almost everyone. As a matter of fact, I gave up half way through. Just coudn't continue this kind of monologue. The whole novel looks like the writer has been working on her writing technics, but just kept repeating herself.... sorry, but just cannot even think about seeing the movie...

Rating:
Summary: Not worth the time
Review: I have never read a book with such shallow and silly characters. The plot would be probable if the characters were stronger and better developed. I tried to find sympathy for the main characters, but they have no redeeming qualities that the reader can admire. The plot and point of view seems to jump without warning or reason, and it is difficult to keep track of what is happening. I tried to focus on the book, but I skimmed through the last 150 pages, not even caring how it ended.

Rating:
Summary: the"love letter" was the best part then....
Review: I thought this book would be a good summer read, something to remember vicariously the love affair I recently had with a lover 13 years younger than me. I was so disappointed, and have put this book down and picked it up so many times I can't count, each time hoping for some redemption of the plot, the shallow characters, and the frustrating tone of the book. I needed to cheat sheet to keep track of the names of the characters because they were each so forgettable and uninteresting. Nowhere could I connect with any of them, nor feel anything with them. When I read a book I want to go there and be part of the story as it unfolds. I found I didn't want to be in Pequot.

Rating:
Summary: Beautiful prose, slow-moving plot--ahh sweet seduction!
Review: I bought this book to take on a trip, because it was small and easy to pack. Then I got stuck on an airplane with a shy neighbor and I began the book. How lucky I was! The beautiful prose and slow-moving plot helped me forget that I was in an airplane. Very seductive writing for a summer's day. In the end, love gets us all, even the smarty-pants characters in The Love Letter. You'll be inspired to let yourself too be captured by love.

Rating:
Summary: Incredible--incredibly bad, that is.
Review: Like many other readers of this book, I bought this book after hearing that it was optioned for a movie. I find that movie-books are often fun, atmospheric, and plot-driven. Good beach reading, I thought. Wrong! The characters and the plot are alternately uninteresting and repellent. I got halfway through the book and was about to give up, when I read that the author's husband was David Denby on the book jacket. I thought, "Her husband is a great writer and movie reviewer, this book must have some redeeming qualities." Wrong again! I actually think that the book got worse after the halfway mark. This is one of the worst books I have ever read from start to finish.

Rating:
Summary: A Slight Disappointment, But...
Review: I had heard rave reviews about the upcoming movie, so I decided to read the book. I had a very hard time getting interested in Helen's constant I-can-do-no-wrong attitude. She's so self-centered! I found myself skimming the pages rather than reading them. The last 100 pages were a bit more interesting and I actually finished the book. This book isn't as good as it sounds...until you get towards the end.