A review by suannelaqueur
A Very Long Engagement by Sébastien Japrisot

4.0

This was an interesting book. Interesting in subject matter, and interesting in the way I read it. Usually I either tear through a book, or I lose interest after a few chapters. I rarely stick with it if I don't really love it. I liked this book a lot, but I didn't read it like I liked it. I did maybe a chapter a day. I don't know if it was because I needed to think about it in between chapters, or it simply wasn't that compelling. And yet it was compelling, I had no idea what was going to happen. I wanted to finish. Being an avid genealogist, I know what it's like to be on a search with very few clues and I sympathized with Mathilde, whom I found to be a very different kind of heroine.