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A review by becca_adler
The House I Loved by Tatiana de Rosnay
1.0
Very disappointing to say the least especially given how wonderful her other books were. My advice, if you insist on reading this book, is to skip the first 100 pages because it doesn't start to get interesting until then.
The authors choice to write the book in letters, while a sweet gesture, suffers from an un-compelling and saccharin protagonist. The interesting part of the book remained in the 'present' day destruction of streets in Paris and its impact on the lives of the people who lived there. Yet a minimal amount of the book actually covered this aspect of Parisian history.
The last straw in my dislike came with the tacked on "shocking secret". Unfortunately, it was entirely predictable and inelegantly tacked at the end of the book.
The authors choice to write the book in letters, while a sweet gesture, suffers from an un-compelling and saccharin protagonist. The interesting part of the book remained in the 'present' day destruction of streets in Paris and its impact on the lives of the people who lived there. Yet a minimal amount of the book actually covered this aspect of Parisian history.
The last straw in my dislike came with the tacked on "shocking secret". Unfortunately, it was entirely predictable and inelegantly tacked at the end of the book.