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A review by swirlofspice
Paris Never Leaves You by Ellen Feldman
2.0
First off, I want to thank St. Martin’s Press for reaching out to me and providing a free ARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Unfortunately, this book wasn’t for me.
The story has a dual timeline - one in New York, the other in Paris. There is no clear delineation of the time jumps, and the two timelines read as if they are in constant conflict with each other.
The main character, Charlotte, once thinks that she hadn’t known her late husband very well. But, as a reader, I could say the same about her. You know of her survivor’s guilt, but because the story gives you only bits and pieces of her life in Paris, there is so little of Charlotte herself left for the reader cling to. The lack of characterization didn’t give me much to connect with, frankly. The other characters also lacked dimension, and because there wasn’t much of a plot, I felt like I was missing details critical to the story.
Because of this, I was confused for much of the story. Some of the plot didn’t sit well with me, but I can’t elaborate, since I’m not entirely sure what happened in the book. However, I do want to point out that I was not in the a mindset conducive to reading a story like this, which could be why I felt so disconnected to the story.
The story has a dual timeline - one in New York, the other in Paris. There is no clear delineation of the time jumps, and the two timelines read as if they are in constant conflict with each other.
The main character, Charlotte, once thinks that she hadn’t known her late husband very well. But, as a reader, I could say the same about her. You know of her survivor’s guilt, but because the story gives you only bits and pieces of her life in Paris, there is so little of Charlotte herself left for the reader cling to. The lack of characterization didn’t give me much to connect with, frankly. The other characters also lacked dimension, and because there wasn’t much of a plot, I felt like I was missing details critical to the story.
Because of this, I was confused for much of the story. Some of the plot didn’t sit well with me, but I can’t elaborate, since I’m not entirely sure what happened in the book. However, I do want to point out that I was not in the a mindset conducive to reading a story like this, which could be why I felt so disconnected to the story.