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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
I didn't enjoy most of this book, I found the characters irritating and their behaviour a bit ridiculous. It did redeem itself towards the end but overall I'd say it's an average read
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
As it appears on my FB page, Moni's Reading Journey.
The Hypnotist's Love Story by Liane Moriarty
Short synopsis:
The main character is Ellen, who is a hypnotist, and she starts a relationship with Patrick, a man that she meets online. Patrick is a widower and has an 8-year-old son, Jack. The relationship between Alan and Patrick would be perfect, as Patrick has a wonderful personality, and Jack is just adorable, but the problem is that Patrick's ex-girlfriend, Saskia, is a little crazy, and she's basically stalking him and trying to win him back, to be part of his life again. Basically, when he starts dating Ellen, he is telling her "you have to accept me, the way I am: with my family, my son, my parents, and my stalker". From here on, we find Ellen in a carousel of adventures going on between her and Patrick, the stalker and Patrick, Ellen's mother and her friends, and Ellen and her clients at the hypnotic clinic.
This book should have had definitely more than one narrator. I didn't appreciate this narrator too much, as she absolutely did not change voices at all and, at times, I had to rewind the audio book in order to understand who is actually talking or whose thoughts are those. She didn't have much inflection in her voice either, so I would say that her interpretation of this book was, at best, mediocre.
The female character, Ellen, again was very narcissistic, self centered and quite annoying. I tolerated her, but I have to say that out of all Liane moriarti's female characters, this was besides Alice, the most annoying one.
Overall, it's a good book, well written with characters well developed except Ellen - I don't appreciate when characters talk about themselves like "Oh, I'm a nice person" without actually showing that they are nice.
But, as I said, overall, it's an okay book, better than "Apples Never Fall" and "What Alice Forgot", but it's not as good as "Three Wishes", "Truly, Madly, Guilty", "Nine Strangers" or "Big Little Lies".
This book means that I read everything that Liane Moriati ever wrote and I'm pretty proud of that. I think I would have loved this book if it was the first book that I read by her. But I know that she can do so much better, and I know that she has so many other books that are way better than this one. I would rated 3.5 stars, but I rounded it up to 4 stars. As I said, I am a little disappointed because just like "Apples Never Fall" and "Here One Moment" is kind of anticlimactic, and I'm like tired of that type of approach.
Happy reading, everyone! 😊
The Hypnotist's Love Story by Liane Moriarty
Short synopsis:
The main character is Ellen, who is a hypnotist, and she starts a relationship with Patrick, a man that she meets online. Patrick is a widower and has an 8-year-old son, Jack. The relationship between Alan and Patrick would be perfect, as Patrick has a wonderful personality, and Jack is just adorable, but the problem is that Patrick's ex-girlfriend, Saskia, is a little crazy, and she's basically stalking him and trying to win him back, to be part of his life again. Basically, when he starts dating Ellen, he is telling her "you have to accept me, the way I am: with my family, my son, my parents, and my stalker". From here on, we find Ellen in a carousel of adventures going on between her and Patrick, the stalker and Patrick, Ellen's mother and her friends, and Ellen and her clients at the hypnotic clinic.
This book should have had definitely more than one narrator. I didn't appreciate this narrator too much, as she absolutely did not change voices at all and, at times, I had to rewind the audio book in order to understand who is actually talking or whose thoughts are those. She didn't have much inflection in her voice either, so I would say that her interpretation of this book was, at best, mediocre.
The female character, Ellen, again was very narcissistic, self centered and quite annoying. I tolerated her, but I have to say that out of all Liane moriarti's female characters, this was besides Alice, the most annoying one.
Overall, it's a good book, well written with characters well developed except Ellen - I don't appreciate when characters talk about themselves like "Oh, I'm a nice person" without actually showing that they are nice.
But, as I said, overall, it's an okay book, better than "Apples Never Fall" and "What Alice Forgot", but it's not as good as "Three Wishes", "Truly, Madly, Guilty", "Nine Strangers" or "Big Little Lies".
This book means that I read everything that Liane Moriati ever wrote and I'm pretty proud of that. I think I would have loved this book if it was the first book that I read by her. But I know that she can do so much better, and I know that she has so many other books that are way better than this one. I would rated 3.5 stars, but I rounded it up to 4 stars. As I said, I am a little disappointed because just like "Apples Never Fall" and "Here One Moment" is kind of anticlimactic, and I'm like tired of that type of approach.
Happy reading, everyone! 😊
Three quarters of the book kept me entertained, but I kept waiting for more to happen.
OK, I've read all of this authors books now, she needs to write another book, ASAP! I think it was very effective how Ellen's story was told in a third person, while Saskia The stockers point of view was told from first person. This somehow really got you to empathize and understand the stocker, kind of weird. Both these girls seemed really real and in truth I enjoyed both of them. This book really made you think about relationships and dealing with other peoples baggage, I definitely recommend this book if you enjoy a character driven story with some twists and turns.
I always enjoy Liane Moriarty's books. I was looking for beach read, so I was a little put off that this love story included a dead wife and stalker ex-girlfriend. Thank you, Liane, for not going the rabbit-in-the-stockpot route. Interesting characters, great premise, good outcome.
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I am surprised that Moriarty was able to make a stalker seem somewhat relatable without making the reader feel too weird about it. I loved Ellen and like the other books by this author, it was a quick and enjoyable read.
adventurous
challenging
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Entertaining, likable characters, perfectly fine for what it is. I don't know what it is about Moriarty, but I just find myself continually thinking "No one would react this way." But still a good, quick read.