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mngeorge 's review for:
The Last Letter from Your Lover
by Jojo Moyes
I’m a big fan of Jojo Moyes and loves the dual protagonists in this story and their strength and feminism. This is one of Moyes’s earlier novels however and it shows in the immaturity of the plot structure. As other people have mentioned, the book switches from one characters storyline in the 60s to another characters storyline in 2003.
Aside from the jarring nature of switching characters so abruptly (though in the defense of that writing method, she did follow a linear timeline which is somewhat old school) there were smatterings of correspondences and text messages throughout the book and then suddenly one email correspondence. If there had been some more forethought and intentionality around the fact that the characters work at a newspaper over the course of half a decade, this book could have explored a more creative way of linking together the two times with actual excerpts from the articles that were written by some of the characters, telegrams sent by characters to their work places from the 60s, and more context within work environments and friendship-building with protagonists’ girlfriends. But maybe I’m just a sucker for some strong female friendships.
Aside from the jarring nature of switching characters so abruptly (though in the defense of that writing method, she did follow a linear timeline which is somewhat old school) there were smatterings of correspondences and text messages throughout the book and then suddenly one email correspondence. If there had been some more forethought and intentionality around the fact that the characters work at a newspaper over the course of half a decade, this book could have explored a more creative way of linking together the two times with actual excerpts from the articles that were written by some of the characters, telegrams sent by characters to their work places from the 60s, and more context within work environments and friendship-building with protagonists’ girlfriends. But maybe I’m just a sucker for some strong female friendships.