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A review by kcrawfish
The Hypnotist's Love Story by Liane Moriarty
4.0
4 stars
This whole novel gripped me from start to finish. What an intriguing plot: a stalker I could sympathize with? Sensational. I was definitely hooked.
I really liked Ellen, our hypnotist, and was rooting for her and her happy ending. There are two narrators: Ellen (the heroine) and Saskia (Patrick's, stalker—Patrick being Ellen's new beau). Knowing a bit about Moriarty's style from her previous novels, I expected I would come to love Saskia, as well as Ellen, or sympathize with her at least.
But I was really surprised by how much I liked Saskia. I will say that by the end of the novel, she was a largely sympathetic character, and something down in me just wanted to go hug her and bring her a plate of cookies. The resolution of her story was quite moving.
It was super interesting, because when you read from her view, you were inside an addict's head, only, in stead of drugs or alcohol, there was super creepy stalking. This woman had everyone she's ever called family torn away from her in one fell swoop, and is coping the only way she knows how.
Hypnotism played a pretty large roll, and added a really interesting dynamic as a profession for our heroine. I even was prompted to do some research (high brow google-ing) afterwards.
I was a bit concerned about Ellen's whole relationship with Patrick. The fact that from her perspective I thought that Patrick might be psychotic or possibly delusional in the beginning should tell you something about Ellen's narration of their relationship. The love between them definitely needed more time and more work since their relationship was central to the plot.
Ellen definitely had her flaws, and it was so interesting being inside of the mind of someone who everyone thought was perfect, and who'd sort of bought into the idea of her own perfection. The novel (especially towards the end) is a series of humbling events in Ellen's life. The feelings and fears she's thought herself so above come flooding in and she realizes she's human too.
This was a good read! I would reference my first paragraph and point out that this is a story about a HYPNOTIST and a STALKER. Can I get an "omg, I must read it!" or what?
OVERALL THIS BOOK GETS 4 STARS. A GOOD READ.
More awesome reviews = http://rantingsravingsbookreviews.blogspot.com/
This whole novel gripped me from start to finish. What an intriguing plot: a stalker I could sympathize with? Sensational. I was definitely hooked.
I really liked Ellen, our hypnotist, and was rooting for her and her happy ending. There are two narrators: Ellen (the heroine) and Saskia (Patrick's, stalker—Patrick being Ellen's new beau). Knowing a bit about Moriarty's style from her previous novels, I expected I would come to love Saskia, as well as Ellen, or sympathize with her at least.
But I was really surprised by how much I liked Saskia. I will say that by the end of the novel, she was a largely sympathetic character, and something down in me just wanted to go hug her and bring her a plate of cookies. The resolution of her story was quite moving.
It was super interesting, because when you read from her view, you were inside an addict's head, only, in stead of drugs or alcohol, there was super creepy stalking. This woman had everyone she's ever called family torn away from her in one fell swoop, and is coping the only way she knows how.
Hypnotism played a pretty large roll, and added a really interesting dynamic as a profession for our heroine. I even was prompted to do some research (high brow google-ing) afterwards.
I was a bit concerned about Ellen's whole relationship with Patrick. The fact that from her perspective I thought that Patrick might be psychotic or possibly delusional in the beginning should tell you something about Ellen's narration of their relationship. The love between them definitely needed more time and more work since their relationship was central to the plot.
Ellen definitely had her flaws, and it was so interesting being inside of the mind of someone who everyone thought was perfect, and who'd sort of bought into the idea of her own perfection. The novel (especially towards the end) is a series of humbling events in Ellen's life. The feelings and fears she's thought herself so above come flooding in and she realizes she's human too.
This was a good read! I would reference my first paragraph and point out that this is a story about a HYPNOTIST and a STALKER. Can I get an "omg, I must read it!" or what?
OVERALL THIS BOOK GETS 4 STARS. A GOOD READ.
More awesome reviews = http://rantingsravingsbookreviews.blogspot.com/