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readinthefiels's review against another edition
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
adrifalsa's review
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
montagves's review against another edition
2.0
Me ha parecido muy flojo en general. Arrancaba con bastante buena pinta y las primeras 100-120 páginas se leen bastante bien, pero de ahí en adelante… aburrido, predecible, y con un estilo bastante malo. Los personajes inexpresivos a más no poder, y la historia en general bastante insulsa. Le doy dos estrellas porque la temática del libro, así como unas cuantas referencias artísticas, no han estado del todo mal.
sofia_reads_things's review
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
lylyan_aki's review against another edition
5.0
This book was amazing. This is a really Marc Levy's style book, with a little bit of magic, a little bit of insanity and lots of love. To some people the book is confusing and hard to follow but to me the book is easy to understand, build up the story really logical and also funny in a really scholar way.
_andreea_'s review against another edition
5.0
It's mind-blowing. The ending is so unexpected. I truly recommend this book to everyone.
samantha_shipman's review against another edition
1.0
This book is really terrible: sappy romance combined with underdeveloped characters, second-rate villains, vapid female characters, a convoluted and flawed fantastical storyline, and frequently bad writing. I rolled my eyes so many times while reading this book that I thought they were going to get stuck that way. (For example, Levy loves to describe scenes of women making a huge mess while trying to figure out what to wear to demonstrate how charming and in love they are with their men. And describing what they are wearing to demonstrate how elegant they are. And having them notice a man's quirks to show how perfect they are for their men. And little to no actual personality development of the women except for how they're reflected by the men. Bleh) It's like watching a bad Katherine Heigel movie, so I guess, if that's your thing, maybe this book is for you. However, if French is not your first language, Marc Levy provides good practice because he's fairly easy to read. I'm pretty rusty and unpracticed, but after the first 50 or so pages, I was reading along at a good pace that wasn't too far off my speed in English.
sistermagpie's review against another edition
3.0
Reading this book I kept thinking it seemed like a sort of goofy-TV movie, maybe on the Lifetime Channel. The story of a love that lasts through the ages, a secret painting that holds a secret, reincarnation, cult-like university classes in the supernatural, super crazy old women leaders of said cult. I didn't much buy the love story--but who doesn't enjoy coming along while people discover secret rooms in their old houses, or old journals, or writing that only appears when the moon hits it just right?
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