Take a photo of a barcode or cover
3.39 AVERAGE
3.39 AVERAGE
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
reflective
relaxing
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
In a universe of ambiguity, this kind of certainty comes only once, and never again, no matter how many lifetimes you live."
What a truly delightful, well written, quick read. Highly recommended. (I wouldn't have enjoyed this book a decade ago when I thought I understood love)
This is a true 'forbidden love' romance
Robert Kincaid.
A man that has an eye for beauty, but the kind of beauty hidden from the normal eye. He sees light, little moments, and intelligence. He is the type of man that unhappy housewives dream about. You don't look for him, he doesn't look for you, it's a magical moment, a fleeting moment, but it's life changing.
Francesca,
So relatable to a lot of us ladies living in a man's world. Quick to put herself down, putting her worth behind her husbands. Richard expected/wanted/told me... too humble and diminishing her own achievements. Oblivious to her own beauty, worth, and intelligence. Something Robert immediately noticed and brought out in her, he gave her her femininity back.
Sometimes, strangers are what we need. Someone to finally NOTICE you, admire YOU, and do small, careful, thoughtful things to bring back your spark and smile. Even as simple as NOT slamming a porch door.
"It's not what I dreamed about as a girl." The confession, at last. The words had been there for years, and she had never said them. She had said them now to a man with a green pickup truck from Bellingham, Washington. A woman who fulfilled her husbands dream and forgot her own/abandoned all hope.
Mum
Wife
This short novel is an insight into infedility. A subject I morally struggle to grapple, often choosing to omit it from my reading pleasures, 8 years I'm healing from my own monumental betrayal... but this is a beautifully written novel that goes full throttle into the unexpected in life. The reasons are on every single page as to why this is the perfect meeting of two lost soles. It is tragic, sad, painful, and erotic.
They are both in need of brandy and art.
This is important for the new generation to remember when there is so much toxicity doing the rounds again... communicate with your lovers, embrace change, learn, grow, talk about sex, be erotic, embrace each other, live your lives YOU want... do not allow 'social norms' dictate to you. Work on your playfulness, and you may just find that you are more than happy with your partner in life. If you don't, someone else WILL come along and fill in that space you are neglecting if they let them... and temptation can come knocking when asking for directions.
Love matters when you find it.
But ultimately, if you read this book, which I highly recommend, the question you will find yourself asking yourself is, did Francesca make the right choice?
The ending is what you should read. The end is what really captures the heart and twists it. I am broken. I hope they are drinking that Brandy, in candlelight dancing round the kitchen table to Autumn Leaves.
To ancient evenings and distant music
What a truly delightful, well written, quick read. Highly recommended. (I wouldn't have enjoyed this book a decade ago when I thought I understood love)
This is a true 'forbidden love' romance
Robert Kincaid.
A man that has an eye for beauty, but the kind of beauty hidden from the normal eye. He sees light, little moments, and intelligence. He is the type of man that unhappy housewives dream about. You don't look for him, he doesn't look for you, it's a magical moment, a fleeting moment, but it's life changing.
Francesca,
So relatable to a lot of us ladies living in a man's world. Quick to put herself down, putting her worth behind her husbands. Richard expected/wanted/told me... too humble and diminishing her own achievements. Oblivious to her own beauty, worth, and intelligence. Something Robert immediately noticed and brought out in her, he gave her her femininity back.
Sometimes, strangers are what we need. Someone to finally NOTICE you, admire YOU, and do small, careful, thoughtful things to bring back your spark and smile. Even as simple as NOT slamming a porch door.
"It's not what I dreamed about as a girl." The confession, at last. The words had been there for years, and she had never said them. She had said them now to a man with a green pickup truck from Bellingham, Washington. A woman who fulfilled her husbands dream and forgot her own/abandoned all hope.
Mum
Wife
This short novel is an insight into infedility. A subject I morally struggle to grapple, often choosing to omit it from my reading pleasures, 8 years I'm healing from my own monumental betrayal... but this is a beautifully written novel that goes full throttle into the unexpected in life. The reasons are on every single page as to why this is the perfect meeting of two lost soles. It is tragic, sad, painful, and erotic.
They are both in need of brandy and art.
This is important for the new generation to remember when there is so much toxicity doing the rounds again... communicate with your lovers, embrace change, learn, grow, talk about sex, be erotic, embrace each other, live your lives YOU want... do not allow 'social norms' dictate to you. Work on your playfulness, and you may just find that you are more than happy with your partner in life. If you don't, someone else WILL come along and fill in that space you are neglecting if they let them... and temptation can come knocking when asking for directions.
Love matters when you find it.
But ultimately, if you read this book, which I highly recommend, the question you will find yourself asking yourself is, did Francesca make the right choice?
The ending is what you should read. The end is what really captures the heart and twists it. I am broken. I hope they are drinking that Brandy, in candlelight dancing round the kitchen table to Autumn Leaves.
To ancient evenings and distant music
This book is all things Warm and Love. That’s all I got to say about it.
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I can definitely see why they made this into a movie. My brain wanted to show me clips from the movie, "Message in a Bottle" (ironically, also based on a book) but with someone more rugged as the male protagonist? Like maybe a stretchier Sean Connery. (Edit: Actually, I've just googled the film and they cast Clint Eastwood, which is probably spot-on.)
It's sort of an odd, haunting, heart-breaking sort of story, and it has that.. feel of old/slow America, like you get when reading Steinbeck, a little? Short little read. I'd never read it before or seen the movie, so it was nice to be introduced to a "classic" in the sense that everyone recognizes the title when it's mentioned.
It's sort of an odd, haunting, heart-breaking sort of story, and it has that.. feel of old/slow America, like you get when reading Steinbeck, a little? Short little read. I'd never read it before or seen the movie, so it was nice to be introduced to a "classic" in the sense that everyone recognizes the title when it's mentioned.
medium-paced
I kept going back and forth with this one whether to give it 3 or 4 stars. Most of the first half was 3 stars, but second half really had me considering bumping it to 4 stars. However, the way the author wrote about as if this was based on a true story just didn’t hit for me the way I believe the author meant for it to be interpreted.
Wow, bridges weren't the only thing crossed in those 4 days.
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes