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3.43 AVERAGE
3.43 AVERAGE
What a great holiday treat; JoJo Moyes writes with as much humor as she does with relationship angst. Each story is a delight, but my favorite is the first Paris story. Nell is in a rut, and realizes everyone thinks she would never be spontaneous. After planning a trip to Paris for the weekend, her boyfriend doesn't show up, but Nell stays and experiences the life of a Parisian. Recommended.
5 stars for "Paris for One", and 3 stars for the rest of the stories.
This was ALRIGHT as a prequel and a novella. I'm mildly interested in reading the Girl You Left Behind because this book featured a short teaser. Basically it was an (okay) introduction to Jojo Moyes for me.
Probably actually a 3 1/2 star book. Title story was enjoyable, also loved Crocodile Shoes, Holdups and The Christmas List.
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
I love Jojo Moyes. Her voice and style of writing are so easy to consume, but it doesn’t cheapen the quality at all. I enjoyed these short stories. She really captured a span of human emotion and experiences in a charming way.
In less two weeks I will be in Paris. I will not be using Paris for One & Other Stories, by Jojo Moyes, as a guide. If anything I will use this book as a checklist of what not to do: Don't stay in the hotel room all day, don't go off with strangers, don't shout French at French people who don't understand my pronunciation.
Most people know Jojo Moyes as the author of the New York Times bestselling novel, Me Before You and it's sequel After You. While I thoroughly enjoyed Me Before You, I was sorely disappointed by Paris for One. In many ways, the novels are very similar, Moyes uses the same trope of a small-town girl who has never seen anything great in her horizons, that is until a male love interest showed it to her. But unlike Me Before You, the humor and heartbreaking romance was nowhere to be found.
Paris for One is a story about boring and detail-oriented Nell, a girl who has never been farther than her own postal code. After a snide comment from her worthless boyfriend, Pete, Nell buys the two Eurostar tickets to Paris for the weekend. The book begins with no-good Pete standing Nell up at the train station. Moyes runs the reader through several scenes were Nell's mother, coworkers and friends all describe Nell as boring. Standing at that train station, Nell decides she doesn't want this label anymore and she gets on the train.
Throughout her entire time in Paris, Nell proves that she deserves her boring label, that is until the shining knight in armor Fabien crosses paths with Nell. The two embark on a relationship and share Nell's weekend in Paris. Without giving away any 'spoilers' (though this novel is undeniably predictable) Nell becomes more impulsive. Her friends and family finally... respect her? Like her more? It's really not clear what Nell gains from her new Parisian impulsiveness, but it is clear that she loses a lot of her old identity.
While I didn't like boring Nell, I certainly didn't love how drastically her personality shifted to a new extreme, to the point where she seems to have an existential crisis at the end of the book.
Now, what I just described is the first half of Paris for One, there is also a half of the book devoted to & Other Stories. I still am unsure of why other stories was included in this binding. Maybe the publisher was trying to compensate for the too short, too unsatisfying Paris for One? Maybe Moyes had no other way to publish the series of pointless short stories that follows Paris for One. Whatever the reasoning, the other stories half of this novel is what leads me to rate this novel a low 2 out of 5 stars.
I don't gain anything from the short stories, and it felt really pointless to read them. Each of the several short stories details a different love story, some sad and others supposedly happy. At the end of reading all of the short stories, I failed to gain any meaning, entertainment or enjoyment from reading the second half of this novel.
Most people know Jojo Moyes as the author of the New York Times bestselling novel, Me Before You and it's sequel After You. While I thoroughly enjoyed Me Before You, I was sorely disappointed by Paris for One. In many ways, the novels are very similar, Moyes uses the same trope of a small-town girl who has never seen anything great in her horizons, that is until a male love interest showed it to her. But unlike Me Before You, the humor and heartbreaking romance was nowhere to be found.
Paris for One is a story about boring and detail-oriented Nell, a girl who has never been farther than her own postal code. After a snide comment from her worthless boyfriend, Pete, Nell buys the two Eurostar tickets to Paris for the weekend. The book begins with no-good Pete standing Nell up at the train station. Moyes runs the reader through several scenes were Nell's mother, coworkers and friends all describe Nell as boring. Standing at that train station, Nell decides she doesn't want this label anymore and she gets on the train.
Throughout her entire time in Paris, Nell proves that she deserves her boring label, that is until the shining knight in armor Fabien crosses paths with Nell. The two embark on a relationship and share Nell's weekend in Paris. Without giving away any 'spoilers' (though this novel is undeniably predictable) Nell becomes more impulsive. Her friends and family finally... respect her? Like her more? It's really not clear what Nell gains from her new Parisian impulsiveness, but it is clear that she loses a lot of her old identity.
While I didn't like boring Nell, I certainly didn't love how drastically her personality shifted to a new extreme, to the point where she seems to have an existential crisis at the end of the book.
Now, what I just described is the first half of Paris for One, there is also a half of the book devoted to & Other Stories. I still am unsure of why other stories was included in this binding. Maybe the publisher was trying to compensate for the too short, too unsatisfying Paris for One? Maybe Moyes had no other way to publish the series of pointless short stories that follows Paris for One. Whatever the reasoning, the other stories half of this novel is what leads me to rate this novel a low 2 out of 5 stars.
I don't gain anything from the short stories, and it felt really pointless to read them. Each of the several short stories details a different love story, some sad and others supposedly happy. At the end of reading all of the short stories, I failed to gain any meaning, entertainment or enjoyment from reading the second half of this novel.
I really enjoyed Paris for One but not the Other Stories
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
First part was fine. All the short stories in the 2nd half got really annoying.
adventurous
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
2⭐️ Very disappointed with this one. I’ll say the Paris for One story reminded me of Lizzie McGuire. But the rest of the short stories were just stupid. I wish I would’ve just passed on this book, but at least it moved quick switching from story to story.