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A review by cmareads
Paris Never Leaves You by Ellen Feldman
2.0
Thanks to St. Martin's Press for the free review copy. All opinions are my own.
This book had so much potential, yet it fell short for me. I did enjoy the 1950s storyline between Charlotte and Vivi. The mother daughter relationship was complicated, and the author took the time to explore the intricacies of their stories. However, the alternating timelines in this book were so hard to follow. I found myself having to reread over to figure out where I was in the story and what was going on. I also found that there are a lot of subplots in this story, which led to a lack of depth.
I wanted more and less from this story. More exploration of the main plot and relationships and less subplots that distract from the main story. The ending also felt rushed and awkward to me. I didn't quite follow everything that was going on because of how jumpy the story was. There's a lot of potential here, I just didn't see it all fleshed out unfortunately.
This book had so much potential, yet it fell short for me. I did enjoy the 1950s storyline between Charlotte and Vivi. The mother daughter relationship was complicated, and the author took the time to explore the intricacies of their stories. However, the alternating timelines in this book were so hard to follow. I found myself having to reread over to figure out where I was in the story and what was going on. I also found that there are a lot of subplots in this story, which led to a lack of depth.
I wanted more and less from this story. More exploration of the main plot and relationships and less subplots that distract from the main story. The ending also felt rushed and awkward to me. I didn't quite follow everything that was going on because of how jumpy the story was. There's a lot of potential here, I just didn't see it all fleshed out unfortunately.