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A review by danajoy
The Last Letter from Your Lover by Jojo Moyes
tense
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I watched the Netflix adaptation earlier this year and wanted to see how it differs from the book.
A word of warning though for those who avidly avoid and enquire "is there cheating in this?". Yes. Like so much.
It is the 60s affair of Jennifer and Anthony sandwiched between Ellie's modern-day affair.
It is often difficult to truly like the characters because they're all so flawed. It is however very readable.
I did prefer the film. There isn't much of the modern storyline in the bulk of this novel so it could be easy to forget most of what is going on with Ellie. I will say though I think the latter portion of the book I probably prefer comparing the two.
All the chapters have a 'last letter' preluding them which is interesting but sometimes is a bit unnecessary feeling since only some are real and others are from the novel itself. I wish they had all been from the real world.
A word of warning though for those who avidly avoid and enquire "is there cheating in this?". Yes. Like so much.
It is the 60s affair of Jennifer and Anthony sandwiched between Ellie's modern-day affair.
It is often difficult to truly like the characters because they're all so flawed. It is however very readable.
I did prefer the film. There isn't much of the modern storyline in the bulk of this novel so it could be easy to forget most of what is going on with Ellie. I will say though I think the latter portion of the book I probably prefer comparing the two.
All the chapters have a 'last letter' preluding them which is interesting but sometimes is a bit unnecessary feeling since only some are real and others are from the novel itself. I wish they had all been from the real world.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity and Toxic relationship