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jfbfsf 's review for:
The Girl You Left Behind
by Jojo Moyes
Hmmm. I'd give it 3.5 stars if I could. The writing was good, and while the subject is almost over the top in drama - love and loss and death and war, all the major themes - I never rolled my eyes while reading (which happens more often than I'd like.)
That said, the emotional power of a painting was a little lost on me, despite everything it represented to the two protagonists in the book. It didn't really make sense to me that the modern day owner would react the way she did. Some of the reactions and interactions felt over the top. And I almost guessed at how it would end, but abandoned that idea because it seemed too far fetched... but it turned out I was right. And besides being far fetched, the ending was way too quick and tidy.
So I enjoyed it, but it's not something that sticks with me, or that I was especially sorry to come to the end of.
Now I'm deciding if I want to read the other books by Jojo Moyes.
That said, the emotional power of a painting was a little lost on me, despite everything it represented to the two protagonists in the book. It didn't really make sense to me that the modern day owner would react the way she did. Some of the reactions and interactions felt over the top. And I almost guessed at how it would end, but abandoned that idea because it seemed too far fetched... but it turned out I was right. And besides being far fetched, the ending was way too quick and tidy.
So I enjoyed it, but it's not something that sticks with me, or that I was especially sorry to come to the end of.
Now I'm deciding if I want to read the other books by Jojo Moyes.