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sandlerpage's review against another edition
3.0
A very sweet, unimpressively written story. A lovely way to spend my Saturday afternoon and evening, but not anything remarkable.
ake23's review against another edition
5.0
Absolutely loved this book!! Had me in tears, and put a smile on my face
lazydream's review
4.0
I came across this book accidentally. I was in a book story and i was browsing. I was in lit section and got a call and while i was on the phone i absently picked this up and started reading it. I ended the call but was still reading. I was intrigued by the story and characters and in way i was expecting the book to be in a certain way. I got the book and finished it on the same day and loved it. The story is familiar yet different in a good way. Its a romantic drama with tragic and i really really loved the relationships between the characters. Rebecca and Olly. It was very sweet and i liked the relation between Olly and Joe too and three of them and then Joe and Rebecca. It is a lovely read. Wish there was more story of Joe and Rebecca and even for that matter Olly's. Its a very nice read.
bookevin's review
5.0
Okay. It's official. Alice Peterson is now one of my favourites. Such a heartwarming novel. Loved it!
gemmaisshort's review
4.0
Albeit predictable, this was a lovely and emotional read that honestly left me in tears by the end. And that does not happen easily. I would definitely recommend this book and I am so glad I randomly picked it up in the library one day.
anna_laaa's review
5.0
I really enjoyed reading this book.
The pacing was quite fast and exciting from the start.
It was one of the books you want to keep reading.
Rebecca was a great main character, she was a friendly and kind person.
Joe was quite mysterious but when he opened up he was wonderful.
Even though Olly wasn't present throughout most of the but I liked him and the accident was very sad. I loved how Rebecca's family became closer throughout this book.
This book was fun, quick to read and the ending was lovely!
The pacing was quite fast and exciting from the start.
It was one of the books you want to keep reading.
Rebecca was a great main character, she was a friendly and kind person.
Joe was quite mysterious but when he opened up he was wonderful.
Even though Olly wasn't present throughout most of the but I liked him and the accident was very sad. I loved how Rebecca's family became closer throughout this book.
This book was fun, quick to read and the ending was lovely!
uliversum's review
2.0
This book is more about dealing grief than the flirty beach read i expected (judging by the cover).
bookishnat's review
5.0
Having read and enjoyed Alice Peterson's previous book 'Monday to Friday Man', I was looking forward to reading this one. I was not disappointed, this was such a great book, dealing with the very sensitive and very well-known subject to me - grief.
It was a lovely story, with ultimately an uplifting message, and it had characters that I really cared for from the start. I have read this in just over a day - exceptionally quick for me at the minute!
I would highly recommend this, and look forward to her next book.
It was a lovely story, with ultimately an uplifting message, and it had characters that I really cared for from the start. I have read this in just over a day - exceptionally quick for me at the minute!
I would highly recommend this, and look forward to her next book.
bookishfifi's review
4.0
Was going to mark this as fluff but the male main character's mother died of pancreatic cancer which naturally made me bawl my eyes out!
leahmichelle_13's review
4.0
Last year I read, and quite enjoyed, Alice Peterson’s novel Monday To Friday Man. So much so that I was really looking forward to her next book Ten Years On. When it landed on my doormat, I was thrilled and it accompanied me to the Doctor’s one day (I’m fine if you’re wondering, just a pesky cold). In fact, as soon as I started the novel I was glued. I had a half day at work and I spent the three hours before I started work reading the novel. At the moment that just doesn’t happen for me. I have literally zero time to read but I finished Ten Years On in two days flat. It’s the quickest I’ve finished a book in about 5 months if you would believe that and it’s a read I really enjoyed, and one I really recommend.
Ten Years On is quite a simple novel really. Telling the story of Rebecca, who after the death of her husband moves back to her childhood home, and who finds herself back in the same country town as her ex-best-friend Joe, with whom she had a falling out with 10 years previous. We trip back in time to discover exactly what happened between Rebecca and Joe, and we see them in the present as they attempt to re-build their friendship and as we see Rebecca attempt to get her life back on track. Totally simple premise, and it’s executed with pace and flair that will keep you glued. What happened between Rebecca and Joe isn’t kept a huge secret and quite a bit of the novel is a bit easy to figure out, but what it is, is it’s readable. Massively readable. Alice Peterson has the writing style – much like Kinsella, Costello, Toon, and others – that keeps you turning the pages and from start to finish I just rushed through it at lightning speed.
I just thoroughly enjoyed the book. The premise, the writing, the characters, they were all a delight. There were no silly dramas, or anything and it was just purely enjoyable. It was a big step up from Monday To Friday Man and Peterson is definitely an author to look out for. I like her writing style, I like how her plots are that little bit different to what we sometimes see in Chick Lit and even though her books are easy to figure out, there is something massively comfortable about them, too. I don’t have any complaints at all and I just found it so lovely to get so lost in a book and it was well worth my time and it was a nice way to spend an afternoon and a morning before work!
Ten Years On is quite a simple novel really. Telling the story of Rebecca, who after the death of her husband moves back to her childhood home, and who finds herself back in the same country town as her ex-best-friend Joe, with whom she had a falling out with 10 years previous. We trip back in time to discover exactly what happened between Rebecca and Joe, and we see them in the present as they attempt to re-build their friendship and as we see Rebecca attempt to get her life back on track. Totally simple premise, and it’s executed with pace and flair that will keep you glued. What happened between Rebecca and Joe isn’t kept a huge secret and quite a bit of the novel is a bit easy to figure out, but what it is, is it’s readable. Massively readable. Alice Peterson has the writing style – much like Kinsella, Costello, Toon, and others – that keeps you turning the pages and from start to finish I just rushed through it at lightning speed.
I just thoroughly enjoyed the book. The premise, the writing, the characters, they were all a delight. There were no silly dramas, or anything and it was just purely enjoyable. It was a big step up from Monday To Friday Man and Peterson is definitely an author to look out for. I like her writing style, I like how her plots are that little bit different to what we sometimes see in Chick Lit and even though her books are easy to figure out, there is something massively comfortable about them, too. I don’t have any complaints at all and I just found it so lovely to get so lost in a book and it was well worth my time and it was a nice way to spend an afternoon and a morning before work!