skis_vole's review
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
its_me_mar_p's review
4.0
This book doesn't have a strong storyline, but I thought the prose was well-written. It came across to me like a rich painting of one week in this young woman's life. She is American and studying in Paris, going through something which is making her reflect back on her childhood and her life back home in the US. Far from idyllic, it is genuine and gritty but at times dream-like. Triggering in places, and includes some untranslated French.
ljbentley27's review against another edition
1.0
Boo. I hate writing negative reviews but this book was just not worthy of a good one.
Failing Paris is the story of Sabine Wilcox – a young girl from America studying in France. So far, so good, except that is where the concept gets a little lost and muddied. The story takes place over a few days and is about how Sabine tries to fix a problem that she has encountered.
Great a story set in France with a clear conflict – a great start…except that it just it. There is nothing to make the story plausible or even readable. It just merges into one big confusing blur that doesn’t evoke sympathy or emotion.
Maybe I am being too harsh. Towards the end, the burgeoning relationship between Sabine and Abe does elicit some interest from the reader but it is too short a part of Failing Paris to be actively interested in.
Overall, Failing Paris failed as entertainment.
Failing Paris by Samantha Dunn is available now.
Failing Paris is the story of Sabine Wilcox – a young girl from America studying in France. So far, so good, except that is where the concept gets a little lost and muddied. The story takes place over a few days and is about how Sabine tries to fix a problem that she has encountered.
Great a story set in France with a clear conflict – a great start…except that it just it. There is nothing to make the story plausible or even readable. It just merges into one big confusing blur that doesn’t evoke sympathy or emotion.
Maybe I am being too harsh. Towards the end, the burgeoning relationship between Sabine and Abe does elicit some interest from the reader but it is too short a part of Failing Paris to be actively interested in.
Overall, Failing Paris failed as entertainment.
Failing Paris by Samantha Dunn is available now.
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