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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
Foi amor à primeira vista. Desde o primeiro olhar que me apaixonei pela escrita e pelas histórias de Lesley Pearse. Acreditem. Sempre que sai um novo livro dela eu corro para o comprar. Mesmo que esteja na penúria. Posso dizer com muito orgulho que li TODOS os livros publicados pela senhora cá em Portugal. E voltaria a lê-los. Por essa razão tenho de agradecer ao Segredo dos Livros e a editora ASA por me darem a oportunidade de ler este livro. MUITO OBRIGADA.
Agora passemos ao livro em si.
Que hei-de dizer? É maravilhoso. Maravilhosamente escrito, como já nos habitou Lesley Pearse (e uma boa tradução). Personagens bem construídas e humanas. Lugares inesquecíveis. Descrições que por vezes me maravilharam e que por vezes me horrorizaram. Peço desculpa por usar tantas vezes a palavra "maravilhoso" mas é a descrição perfeita para este livro. Maravilhoso.
Quando iniciei a leitura do livro adivinhei logo o final que a autora tinha destinado para ele. E fiquei triste. Sempre adorei o Jimmy e a sua enorme força de vontade. Nunca parou de procurar a sua Belle durante os anos em que ela esteve desaparecida. E no final de tudo teve a sua recompensa. Mas consigo perceber os sentimentos de Belle quando Étoine regressa à sua vida. O Jimmy foi o seu primeiro amor, mas o Étoine é o amor da sua vida.
As descrições dos campos de guerra e da guerra em si chocou-me. Não as descrições em si, claro. Mas sim a sensação de impotência que me passaram. Como é possível aquilo ter acontecido? Tanta gente inocente ter morrido por um capricho de um alemão? Infelizmente 21 anos depois o capricho de um alemão iria atirar de novo a Europa para um guerra.
Quanto às personagens só vou dar atenção a uma: a Miranda. Uma menina de boas famílias e que tinha tudo para ser uma mimada e presunçosa do pior revelou-se uma jóia de pessoa que pensou sempre nos outros primeiro e só depois em si. O seu final entristeceu-me tanto que só tive vontade de chorar. Mas em todas as guerras existem baixas e é neste ponto que a Lesley Pearce ganha ainda mais pontos.
Acreditem em mim quando vos digo: leiam o livro. Não se vão arrepender.
Recomendado!
Agora passemos ao livro em si.
Que hei-de dizer? É maravilhoso. Maravilhosamente escrito, como já nos habitou Lesley Pearse (e uma boa tradução). Personagens bem construídas e humanas. Lugares inesquecíveis. Descrições que por vezes me maravilharam e que por vezes me horrorizaram. Peço desculpa por usar tantas vezes a palavra "maravilhoso" mas é a descrição perfeita para este livro. Maravilhoso.
Quando iniciei a leitura do livro adivinhei logo o final que a autora tinha destinado para ele. E fiquei triste. Sempre adorei o Jimmy e a sua enorme força de vontade. Nunca parou de procurar a sua Belle durante os anos em que ela esteve desaparecida. E no final de tudo teve a sua recompensa. Mas consigo perceber os sentimentos de Belle quando Étoine regressa à sua vida. O Jimmy foi o seu primeiro amor, mas o Étoine é o amor da sua vida.
As descrições dos campos de guerra e da guerra em si chocou-me. Não as descrições em si, claro. Mas sim a sensação de impotência que me passaram. Como é possível aquilo ter acontecido? Tanta gente inocente ter morrido por um capricho de um alemão? Infelizmente 21 anos depois o capricho de um alemão iria atirar de novo a Europa para um guerra.
Quanto às personagens só vou dar atenção a uma: a Miranda. Uma menina de boas famílias e que tinha tudo para ser uma mimada e presunçosa do pior revelou-se uma jóia de pessoa que pensou sempre nos outros primeiro e só depois em si. O seu final entristeceu-me tanto que só tive vontade de chorar. Mas em todas as guerras existem baixas e é neste ponto que a Lesley Pearce ganha ainda mais pontos.
Acreditem em mim quando vos digo: leiam o livro. Não se vão arrepender.
Recomendado!
The Promise is set in the gut wrenching throes of WWI and is the second in the Belle Trilogy. It is about tragedy and overcoming it, making choices and living with consequences, heartache, love, friendship and hope.
Belle and Jimmy are married and he writes to his beloved from the trenches. While he is away from home Belle experiences different battles, those with her past and her future. Though Belle has her own business, she decides to join the war effort instead. But her past grips tightly and does not let go. She relies on her close friendships and perseverance but war is a cruel thing and affects everyone personally and societally.
Lesley Pearse's writing is gorgeous and raw and I appreciate that realities of war are detailed as they are important. Interesting historical facts are highlighted as well. The characters are believably flawed as we all are so are relatable.
Historical Fiction readers would find this achingly beautiful book a treasure to read. But you needn't be a Historical Fiction fan to enjoy it. It would appeal to Women's Fiction and General Fiction readers as well. Just know there are adult situations.
My sincere thank you to Agora Books and NetGalley for the privilege of reading this fascinating and compelling book.
Belle and Jimmy are married and he writes to his beloved from the trenches. While he is away from home Belle experiences different battles, those with her past and her future. Though Belle has her own business, she decides to join the war effort instead. But her past grips tightly and does not let go. She relies on her close friendships and perseverance but war is a cruel thing and affects everyone personally and societally.
Lesley Pearse's writing is gorgeous and raw and I appreciate that realities of war are detailed as they are important. Interesting historical facts are highlighted as well. The characters are believably flawed as we all are so are relatable.
Historical Fiction readers would find this achingly beautiful book a treasure to read. But you needn't be a Historical Fiction fan to enjoy it. It would appeal to Women's Fiction and General Fiction readers as well. Just know there are adult situations.
My sincere thank you to Agora Books and NetGalley for the privilege of reading this fascinating and compelling book.
didn't enjoy this as much as Belle but that's because Belle is just the most amazing book ever so it couldn't quite live up to it but it came pretty close. towards the end I could not stop reading and oh my God the ending was perfect and was the exact ending I wanted !
I have to say how much I liked book 1 'Belle'. I found it amazing. But now as I look back I am not so sure anymore. I read it two years ago back when I was not very experienced with books. But still Belle was much better than this one.
A friend told me before both of us read 'the promise' that she was baffled that Belle was not traumatised at all. Well, in book one she probably didn't have the chance as the whole book was concentrating on her attempts to escape and go back to her family so I thought that her remark wasn't very valid. But as I read the promise I realised that she was absolutely correct. A woman who faced such horrible situations will at least avoid male proximity for some while, but no she rushed off and married Jimmy shortly after that thing with Pascal. Didn't she at least get nightmares from the time she was raped?! Not at all?!
Her writing style was very annoying at the beginning of the book but then it got better, and a lot of the conversations I found to be cheesy. Add to that, there was supposed to be more conversations. I thought there was more unnecessary talk of war than it was supposed to be and less conversations than it was supposed to be. And when there were conversations, they seemed too cheerful, cheesy and too sentimental for me, more than they were supposed too.
I hated Belle's choices when it came to Etienne at first and I was furious, and then I hated jimmy. But now, I like Etienne better especially at the end of the book and now I don't hate them so much.
There is one thing that bugged me the most. I couldn't help but compare this book to 'The Great Gatsby'. The promise was set in the period of time before the great Gatsby was written and even though the American accent is considered the trash of the english language, still The Great Gatsby is more posh. Get what I mean? In my opinion, every character in the promise didn't speak the way people of that time spoke. At the beginning of the book it was closer to their way of speech than in later parts and that removed a lot of the credibility in this book.
There is something that really baffled me. Etienne at the end of the book said 'subconsciously'. Sure at the time it had been a few years that subconscious was discovered and accepted in the scientific community but it wasn't long enough for people to accept it and use it in their speech so easily, just another point I thought I had to make.
I still liked it though and it hooked me up. It was quick, comfy and entertaining.
A friend told me before both of us read 'the promise' that she was baffled that Belle was not traumatised at all. Well, in book one she probably didn't have the chance as the whole book was concentrating on her attempts to escape and go back to her family so I thought that her remark wasn't very valid. But as I read the promise I realised that she was absolutely correct. A woman who faced such horrible situations will at least avoid male proximity for some while, but no she rushed off and married Jimmy shortly after that thing with Pascal. Didn't she at least get nightmares from the time she was raped?! Not at all?!
Her writing style was very annoying at the beginning of the book but then it got better, and a lot of the conversations I found to be cheesy. Add to that, there was supposed to be more conversations. I thought there was more unnecessary talk of war than it was supposed to be and less conversations than it was supposed to be. And when there were conversations, they seemed too cheerful, cheesy and too sentimental for me, more than they were supposed too.
I hated Belle's choices when it came to Etienne at first and I was furious, and then I hated jimmy. But now, I like Etienne better especially at the end of the book and now I don't hate them so much.
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I was saddened by Garth's death but maybe it was necessary for their trip to New Zealand and their liberation? And I expected that Etienne would follow her to New ZealandThere is one thing that bugged me the most. I couldn't help but compare this book to 'The Great Gatsby'. The promise was set in the period of time before the great Gatsby was written and even though the American accent is considered the trash of the english language, still The Great Gatsby is more posh. Get what I mean? In my opinion, every character in the promise didn't speak the way people of that time spoke. At the beginning of the book it was closer to their way of speech than in later parts and that removed a lot of the credibility in this book.
There is something that really baffled me. Etienne at the end of the book said 'subconsciously'. Sure at the time it had been a few years that subconscious was discovered and accepted in the scientific community but it wasn't long enough for people to accept it and use it in their speech so easily, just another point I thought I had to make.
I still liked it though and it hooked me up. It was quick, comfy and entertaining.
This book picks straight up where Belle ended. Which was an amazing book, I think this one helped building my book addiction. I've always been a fan of Lesley Pearse and she did a brilliant job again.
Belle had a tough life. She lived in a brothel ruled by her mother and was kidnapped for witnessing a murder. She's taken abroad and used for prostitution.
During all of that suffering she meets Etienne Carrera, yum. Who unfortunately works for the wrong people, the ones who took Belle. However, he manages to always be her real savior. There's lots of obstacles for them to work... But the connection they experienced cannot be forgotten! Plus, Etienne is freakishly hot, just saying...
And we have Jimmy, oh so sweet Jimmy. The love of Belle's childhood, he fought to get her back, he fought to get her love. He never gave up on her, that's really admirable. He's really sweet and cute, he's quite a catch.
Belle posses the hearts of two amazing men Jimmy and Etienne but only one of them posses her heart as well. In a time of war, we have to fight for the love of our life.
The heart wants what the heart wants
I love Lesley Pearse's novels, she's a marvelous writer, I will never get bored with her books, that I'm sure of! Brilliantly written, believable, strong and powerful characters. I wasn't able to let go of this book. It's really good.
I liked the story but felt the book was too long for the story. It would have been better 150 pages shorter. I was getting bored towards the end
A great sequel to Belle. Really enjoyed reading it. Looking forward to the third in the series,
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I only this year realised that Belle, the book I adored as a late teen was a series. I was worried that my love for Belle, Etienne, Mog, Garth and Jimmy wouldn't stand the test of time.
I was wrong. Honestly this book had me gripped from page one. The authors research into conditions in the war was well done and I like how she ended Belle and Jimmy's story. The punches kept on coming.
I look forward to book three.
I was wrong. Honestly this book had me gripped from page one. The authors research into conditions in the war was well done and I like how she ended Belle and Jimmy's story. The punches kept on coming.
I look forward to book three.
Lesley Pearse, é a mestre dos romances, meu Deus! Que história maravilhosa. Li este livro de uma assentada, 50 páginas num dia e o resto numa tarde.
Que continuação tão bonita para a Belle. Que desfecho tão merecido após tudo o que passou. Mog também o merece, espero que o futuro seja bondoso com ela.
Que mulher tão corajosa e resiliente, bondosa, tenaz e apaixonante! Não me chegam os adjetivos, nem para as personagens nem para a autora!
Um livro escrito com absoluta mestria e amor que se sente a cada palavra.
Compreendo que o contexto histórico possa não o permitir, mas no meu coração a Mog encontrou a felicidade e o amor, é crucial para a história e tão real que quase me senti envolvida nos seus braços ao ler os conselhos para a Belle.
"De noite parece tudo pior" foi a frase que me fez chorar, mas "adorava início da manhã(...) há nesta hora uma beleza que nos dava esperança de que o dia que começava ia ser melhor do que o anterior" foi aquela que me fez sorrir.
Que continuação tão bonita para a Belle. Que desfecho tão merecido após tudo o que passou. Mog também o merece, espero que o futuro seja bondoso com ela.
Que mulher tão corajosa e resiliente, bondosa, tenaz e apaixonante! Não me chegam os adjetivos, nem para as personagens nem para a autora!
Um livro escrito com absoluta mestria e amor que se sente a cada palavra.
Compreendo que o contexto histórico possa não o permitir, mas no meu coração a Mog encontrou a felicidade e o amor, é crucial para a história e tão real que quase me senti envolvida nos seus braços ao ler os conselhos para a Belle.
"De noite parece tudo pior" foi a frase que me fez chorar, mas "adorava início da manhã(...) há nesta hora uma beleza que nos dava esperança de que o dia que começava ia ser melhor do que o anterior" foi aquela que me fez sorrir.
Tem de se ter em atenção as promessas que se fazem...
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