The character I felt I knew best and liked the most was Jesse, which is interesting as I normally connect with the female characters more. The story centers around the affair of a forty-two year old woman, the bookshop owner, and an almost twenty-one year old college boy, her summer employee. Though disappointed that the letter was never meant for them, the friends reflect that the letter still made the world a happier place, making it a “wonderful mix-up.” Since there’s a lot of plot to follow, the book will best serve more-observant readers who are able to piece the narrative cleanly, but those older readers may also better appreciate the special little touches, such as the letter’s enticing, old-fashioned typewriter-style look, vignettes that capture small moments, or the subdued color palette that lends an elegant air. Lines from it echo throughout the novel (``I'm on fire. I loved how genealogy played a role in the contemporary setting. Graceful but minor fiction. This book is much more than a simple romance.
The author of three previous novels returns with a disappointingly sedate summer romance set in a bookstore.
A happily divorced mother who enjoys a playful relationship with her customers, Helen's life is turned upside down when an anonymous letter arrives, penned by an unknown lover.Heard about the book because of the movie, which was okay but good in parts. Too fast. Followed up the movie The Love Letter when I read reviews that the book was much better than the movie. I don't want to give away the plot, but let's just say she (very humorously) finds herself in bed with an unexpected loI think this is a fantastic novel. Mysteriously addressed to ``Goat'' from ``Ram,'' the letter—and its overheated prose—spreads across Helen's well-ordered life like a stain, marking everyone who stands in its path. It melts her resistance to feelings, and soon she undertakes an affair with Johnny, a collegiate employee. All the characters she has portrayed until then have died. What should have been the main point of the whole plot (the letter) is just scattered around the story.I remember this as a nice beach read. This story or stories, I should say, were intricately told and tied together. If I had time, I'd re-read this one.Could not make myself finish this book. The story between Esther & Hamilton was less interesting, lots of historical bits from their war experiences. Published As with so many of Schine's characters, she's not especially likable.
I probably would have been more drawn in if the characters were more fleshed out. at times.Who doesn't like a good love story, or romance film? Maybe forever. Hauck's latest is a gorgeous melding of two timelines into an unforgettable story. The characters are either boring or slightly repulsive.
I'm a fast reader: this book should have taken me about a day or two, and it took me about 5 days. Hamilton has loved Esther for years, and on the eve of battle pens the love letter she’s always wanted—something straight from the heart. She made the passion of the autumn-summer love affair believable and poignant, particularly from the boy Johnny's view. Her thoughts turn to love and letters, and her new 20-year-old employee Johnny, who has a crush on her. Not to be spoilerly or all negative, but personally the romance was repelling. I just wasn't pulled into the story like I hoped I'd be. by Simply too fast. This is a time slip novel with the historical story taking place during the Revolutionary War and the modern story part of the time on a Hollywood movie set.Wow. Hee haw. Overall 5 out of 5 stars. This is such book.There is nothing more satisfying than realizing that the book you have on hand is actually fun and engaging and you cannot stop reading. And because of that story, I've kept you framed up on the wall in a little box of nostalgic moonlight.” Yet, this story is so refreshing and sweet, it will have you believing in timeless love again.Wow. Then his sister stands up for him, enlisting the aid of their aunt, and everything changes, mainly due to Zane’s secret diaries. A movie was even made from it, I read. The setting and the bookstore especially. HORRIBLE. And of course her new interest in letters is reflected in the store's displays: She immediately layers the front table with...you guessed it, collections of correspondence.
There was so much to like about this split time novel that had past time in the Revolutionary War period and present in a Hollywood film making setting. Oh, what a man could accomplish when empowered by such knowledge.” by Published He also finds a love letter from a woman named Helen Elizabeth Worley, who lived in the Brooklyn of the 1880s, to a man whom she dreams about, although she is about to be engaged to a man she doesn't love. When the town’s genial police chief, Brooks, suspects Abigail is packing while shopping for gourmet groceries, his curiosity soon morphs into courtship. This was a story of both.
The print version of a knee-slapping cumulative ditty.In the song, Smith meets a donkey on the road. As all Lucinda Riley’s books have found it hard to put down. Indeed. There is nothing more satisfying than realizing that the book you have on hand is actually fun and engaging and you cannot stop reading. On the verge of a great battle, he pens a letter to Esther, the woman he loves.3.5 star...loved the historical side of the time hop!3.5 star...loved the historical side of the time hop!I've read several Rachel Hauck novels and some I really enjoyed and others not as much. The complete lack of ‘listening’ each time they had a very important and serious conversation. Finally, Schine seems to warm up to the story, and the second half is a little bit better. by