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3.59 AVERAGE
3.59 AVERAGE
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book wasn't bad, but for me I do not like books who tell a story through emails or letters. I feel like it disconnects the reader from the story , where dialogue and expressions are present. It is suffice to say this book was not my cup of tea and I had higher expectations for it. (For some odd reason, lately every book I've been reading has not been a good one ;c) Wish me luck on my next!
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
interesting story - probably would have been better read, not listened to. Still likeable characters. Ending was just a little too neat and tidy.
dnf. stopped on page 57. not attached to the characters, and I find the flowery, old-fashioned language to be unrealistic to be set in 2016. I like the epistolary form though.
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I truly enjoy an epistolary novel, and when it is about a book it makes it even more interesting!
Set primarily in France, a woman finds a manuscript in a hotel nightstand. She returns it to its author, but is surprised when he advises her that he lost the manuscript years earlier, and only wrote to p.156, and the ending was not his. This causes the woman to find out where the manuscript had traveled, and why after all these years did it resurface.
This is a story of relationships, friends, lovers, secrets, and a mystery. I enjoyed the correspondence and the unraveling story of the manuscript and the lives it touched. I look forward to reading more by this author.
Set primarily in France, a woman finds a manuscript in a hotel nightstand. She returns it to its author, but is surprised when he advises her that he lost the manuscript years earlier, and only wrote to p.156, and the ending was not his. This causes the woman to find out where the manuscript had traveled, and why after all these years did it resurface.
This is a story of relationships, friends, lovers, secrets, and a mystery. I enjoyed the correspondence and the unraveling story of the manuscript and the lives it touched. I look forward to reading more by this author.
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
3 1/2 stars. I did like the story and the letter format. I enjoyed most all of the characters. It just got a little slow in the middle, but overall a very sweet read.
This ended up being a much more exciting book than I thought it would be. This story follows a multitude of characters as Anne-Lise Briard tracks down the author(s) of a lost manuscript found in a hotel room. I loved the characters and the unexpected journey that this manuscript took. It's a sweet, simple story. I listened to this as an audiobook and found the narration charming.
Thanks to #NetGalley for the e-book ARC. #DreamscapeMedia
Thanks to #NetGalley for the e-book ARC. #DreamscapeMedia
The Lost Manuscript by Cathy Bonidan (Author), Élodie Yung (Narrator), Rupert Degas (Narrator), Cecile Delepiere (Narrator), Jean Brassard (Narrator)
The Lost Manuscript is such a touching story and the audio version allows us to hear the written words of this epistolary novel. So often we read a book that gives us the spoken narrative but in this case, we listen to a book of written letters. The experience is lovely and hearing the various voices of the narrators made me feel I was right there with each letter writer.
When Anne-Lise Briard finds a manuscript in a bedside table drawer in a hotel on the Brittany Coast, she embarks on a journey to find the author of the manuscript. She finds that the author wrote the first half of the manuscript thirty years ago but that someone else wrote the second half of the manuscript. Two other people have also added to the pages. Anne-Lise, and the friends she makes along the way, work to find out the author of the second part of the manuscript, over the next six months. As can often happen with the written word, some words are misinterpreted on this journey of discovery, as the various players in this story communicate with each other through letters.
During these six months, people's lives change. Anne-Lise finds that the manuscript affected the lives of others during the thirty years that it has been "missing", just as it is changing the lives of those who are involved with it in the present day. This is a quiet, reflective story and I enjoyed listening to the letters. It did take an effort for me to understand the accents of the narrators but those accents make the book even more interesting. This was a buddy read Jayme and DeAnn and getting to discuss this story seemed to fit well with the story itself.
Published January 12, 2021
Thank you to Dreamscape Media and NetGalley for this ARC.
The Lost Manuscript is such a touching story and the audio version allows us to hear the written words of this epistolary novel. So often we read a book that gives us the spoken narrative but in this case, we listen to a book of written letters. The experience is lovely and hearing the various voices of the narrators made me feel I was right there with each letter writer.
When Anne-Lise Briard finds a manuscript in a bedside table drawer in a hotel on the Brittany Coast, she embarks on a journey to find the author of the manuscript. She finds that the author wrote the first half of the manuscript thirty years ago but that someone else wrote the second half of the manuscript. Two other people have also added to the pages. Anne-Lise, and the friends she makes along the way, work to find out the author of the second part of the manuscript, over the next six months. As can often happen with the written word, some words are misinterpreted on this journey of discovery, as the various players in this story communicate with each other through letters.
During these six months, people's lives change. Anne-Lise finds that the manuscript affected the lives of others during the thirty years that it has been "missing", just as it is changing the lives of those who are involved with it in the present day. This is a quiet, reflective story and I enjoyed listening to the letters. It did take an effort for me to understand the accents of the narrators but those accents make the book even more interesting. This was a buddy read Jayme and DeAnn and getting to discuss this story seemed to fit well with the story itself.
Published January 12, 2021
Thank you to Dreamscape Media and NetGalley for this ARC.