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Paris Never Leaves You by Ellen Feldman
2.0
2⭐️
Thanks to the publishers for a copy of this book to review.
This book is told in dual timelines between 1940s France and 1950s America, with Charlotte and her young daughter Vivienne trying to survive German occupier France during WWII, and after as she works for a publishing company and her and Vivi try to rebuild their lives.
I typically love WWII books, but this one was just very, very boring. I didn’t care about Charlotte at all, and I feel like she existed purely to sleep around?? Or at least that’s what I got from this. Which is fine, like live your best life girl, but maybe not with the enemy or with married men? Just my opinion though.
I did not feel invested in the “present day” timeline whatsoever, in fact I found myself mostly skimming it for any big scenes. I also found the way that she got her and her daughter to America to be really questionable and kind of cringey/possibly offensive?? I’m not Jewish though so I can’t really speak on that.
All in all, I DO think there are people out there who will really enjoy this book. But I also think there are sooooooo many better WWII books out there. If this sounds interesting to you, I’d recommend reading The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah instead tbh.
Thanks to the publishers for a copy of this book to review.
This book is told in dual timelines between 1940s France and 1950s America, with Charlotte and her young daughter Vivienne trying to survive German occupier France during WWII, and after as she works for a publishing company and her and Vivi try to rebuild their lives.
I typically love WWII books, but this one was just very, very boring. I didn’t care about Charlotte at all, and I feel like she existed purely to sleep around?? Or at least that’s what I got from this. Which is fine, like live your best life girl, but maybe not with the enemy or with married men? Just my opinion though.
I did not feel invested in the “present day” timeline whatsoever, in fact I found myself mostly skimming it for any big scenes. I also found the way that she got her and her daughter to America to be really questionable and kind of cringey/possibly offensive?? I’m not Jewish though so I can’t really speak on that.
All in all, I DO think there are people out there who will really enjoy this book. But I also think there are sooooooo many better WWII books out there. If this sounds interesting to you, I’d recommend reading The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah instead tbh.