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A review by mngeorge
Windfallen by Jojo Moyes
3.0
Oh well, they can’t all be perfect.
An inappropriately long story about lovers who would have avoided an unnecessary lifetime of pain and heartache had they JUST COMMUNICATED.
Reasons this wasn’t her strongest romance:
I didn’t feel the love and affection for the characters I thought I should - at the point that I normally do with Moyes’ typical character arcs.
Anyone else get confused at the description of the love at first site between Lottie and Guy? Her surprise/ shock/ fright upon seeing him for the first time as though she “recognized” him made me immediately assume this was a long lost brother or relation she was in some way trying to avoid! Ugh ...their connection and “unmistakable magnetism” wasn’t as undeniable as Moyes wanted us to feel. I didn’t feel it and certainly didn’t buy the outcome at the end. Really? All Lottie needed after 50 years was closure to move on? Then she could really give it a proper go with Joe?! Give me a break.
Why was Lottie so disapproving of Daisy when she first arrived as a single mom if that was LITERALLY what had happened to Lottie? Shouldn’t she have been more understanding straight off the bat?
Can we also not try and cram three love stories in one novel? One inevitably suffers with such a dilution of focus. Better not to have the third one at all maybe?
WHAT DOES THE EPILOGUE MEAN?! WAS IT AN ABORTION? DID SHE FAKE A PREGNANCY AND HAVE A MENTAL BREAK? WAS IT A MISCARRIAGE? SOMEONE TELL ME I NEED TO KNOW ENOUGHWITHTHEAPPLESALREADY!!
An inappropriately long story about lovers who would have avoided an unnecessary lifetime of pain and heartache had they JUST COMMUNICATED.
Reasons this wasn’t her strongest romance:
I didn’t feel the love and affection for the characters I thought I should - at the point that I normally do with Moyes’ typical character arcs.
Anyone else get confused at the description of the love at first site between Lottie and Guy? Her surprise/ shock/ fright upon seeing him for the first time as though she “recognized” him made me immediately assume this was a long lost brother or relation she was in some way trying to avoid! Ugh ...their connection and “unmistakable magnetism” wasn’t as undeniable as Moyes wanted us to feel. I didn’t feel it and certainly didn’t buy the outcome at the end. Really? All Lottie needed after 50 years was closure to move on? Then she could really give it a proper go with Joe?! Give me a break.
Why was Lottie so disapproving of Daisy when she first arrived as a single mom if that was LITERALLY what had happened to Lottie? Shouldn’t she have been more understanding straight off the bat?
Can we also not try and cram three love stories in one novel? One inevitably suffers with such a dilution of focus. Better not to have the third one at all maybe?
WHAT DOES THE EPILOGUE MEAN?! WAS IT AN ABORTION? DID SHE FAKE A PREGNANCY AND HAVE A MENTAL BREAK? WAS IT A MISCARRIAGE? SOMEONE TELL ME I NEED TO KNOW ENOUGHWITHTHEAPPLESALREADY!!