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Honeymoon in Paris
A Penguin Special from Pamela Dorman Books/Viking
For fans of Jojo Moyes's New York Times bestseller Me Before You— an irresistible eBook-only novella and compelling prequel to her new novel, The Girl You Left Behind
At the heart of Jojo Moyes' heartbreaking new novel, The Girl You Left Behind, are two haunting love stories—that of Sophie and Édouard Lefèvre in France during the First World War, and, nearly a century later, Liv Halston and her husband David.
Honeymoon in Paris takes place several years before the events to come in The Girl You Left Behind when both couples have just married. Sophie is swept up in the glamour of Belle Époque Paris but discovers that loving a celebrated artist like Édouard Lefèvre brings undreamt of complications. Following in Sophie's footsteps a hundred years later, Liv, after a whirlwind romance, finds her Parisian honeymoon is not quite the romantic getaway she had been hoping for. . . .
This enchanting self-contained story will have you falling in love with both young brides, and with Paris then and now, and it is the perfect appetizer for the The Girl You Left Behind, a spellbinding story of love, devotion, and passion in the hardest of times.
Bonus: Includes a sneak peek from The Girl You Left Behind and Moyes’s previous novel, Me Before You.
For fans of Jojo Moyes's New York Times bestseller Me Before You— an irresistible eBook-only novella and compelling prequel to her new novel, The Girl You Left Behind
At the heart of Jojo Moyes' heartbreaking new novel, The Girl You Left Behind, are two haunting love stories—that of Sophie and Édouard Lefèvre in France during the First World War, and, nearly a century later, Liv Halston and her husband David.
Honeymoon in Paris takes place several years before the events to come in The Girl You Left Behind when both couples have just married. Sophie is swept up in the glamour of Belle Époque Paris but discovers that loving a celebrated artist like Édouard Lefèvre brings undreamt of complications. Following in Sophie's footsteps a hundred years later, Liv, after a whirlwind romance, finds her Parisian honeymoon is not quite the romantic getaway she had been hoping for. . . .
This enchanting self-contained story will have you falling in love with both young brides, and with Paris then and now, and it is the perfect appetizer for the The Girl You Left Behind, a spellbinding story of love, devotion, and passion in the hardest of times.
Bonus: Includes a sneak peek from The Girl You Left Behind and Moyes’s previous novel, Me Before You.
101 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 16, 2012
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Jojo Moyes
133 books68.1k followersJojo Moyes is a British novelist.
Moyes studied at Royal Holloway, University of London. She won a bursary financed by The Independent newspaper to study journalism at City University and subsequently worked for The Independent for 10 years. In 2001 she became a full time novelist.
Moyes' novel Foreign Fruit won the Romantic Novelists' Association (RNA) Romantic Novel of the Year in 2004.
She is married to journalist Charles Arthur and has three children.
Moyes studied at Royal Holloway, University of London. She won a bursary financed by The Independent newspaper to study journalism at City University and subsequently worked for The Independent for 10 years. In 2001 she became a full time novelist.
Moyes' novel Foreign Fruit won the Romantic Novelists' Association (RNA) Romantic Novel of the Year in 2004.
She is married to journalist Charles Arthur and has three children.
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December 30, 2017
This did NOTHING for me except for all the exruciating PAIN just from reading it. The best parts of this novelette are its cover (the 1 star comes for it) and the fact it's mercifully short. Otherwise, it's an assault at my nerves, (which aren't lately in the fine shape that they used to be in once). This is probably the first time ever for me not to have enjoyed even a happy end!
The plot had precious little to do with Paris. The city was mostly a backstage prop against which this unimaginably silly whining was happening. This whatever could have been happening in Australia, that is how much the city was reflected in the story.
The modern part was lame. If ever there was much ado about nothing, this is it. I'm not sure what I expected from this one. Certainly not science or a great plotline. Both of which are conveniently missing. Along with brains. And common sense. And intimacy. A residue of feelings, some emotional connection would have been welcome, anyway.
Instead, what we get here is a gal, who has some doubts on her wedding elopement long since done and who feels herself shadowing doubts, which seem to be shared by everyone in her surroundings. She's like *oh, I can't wrap my head round marriage*. Why exactly is this an issue in a love story? If there are doubts, it is NOT a love story. It's a thriller. And this one does not thrill at all. If one experiences doubts, why the freak do they even bother to participate in this doubtful affair of marriage? True love is unconventional. It's rara avis. A lot rarer than elopements.
The 20xx wife is selfish to the extreme. She literally comes across as surprised she's not alone on a honeymoon trip. Personally, I felt surprised at that as well: some poor bastard who didn't know better dared to get married with her. Miraculous!
And don't get me started on the poor hubby's business meetings. I mean, how exactly does one's bad time management become an issue for a honeymoon? If the bride is jobless (or maybe does some stuff not imposing on her time at all) why can't she accomodate the grooms' time issues? Here career is like this:
Q:
‘I … I’m sort of between jobs at the moment. I finished my degree and did a bit of office work, a bit of waitressing. The usual middle-class-girl stuff. I suppose I haven’t quite worked out what to do either.’ (c) So... this is our protagonist. The one unhappy about her hubby's encroaching career. What does she thinks pays for Paris honeymoons? Would she have preferred a loan?
The 19xx part considered a mirroring problem. Equally lamey. The only slight improvement on this disaster was the painting and the way it brought together different eras (the 2nd star is precisely for this). But by the time the story went to the painting, I already hated it so much that I really could not make myself to bother with its ending. I repeat, there are no problems depicted here, no issues, nothing at all. It's just some heroes being stupid, which is not something I look for in a love novelette. Or anywhere else. Ever.
Q:
And now Liv stands, shivering ‒ in the summer dress she had bought because it was the exact shade of her eyes and she’d thought he would notice ‒ as the skies grow grey and a fine spit starts. (c)
Q:
Some passions were too great not to act upon. (c)
Q:
When I wake up with him I feel like I’m in the pages of some glossy magazine. Everything is just so grown-up. (c) Getting married just to grow up. Now, that's a true recipe for a disaster.
Q:
He has linen bed sheets, for God’s sake. Actual linen sheets.’ She blew another smoke ring. ‘Made of linen.’
‘Yeah. And who’s going to end up ironing those linen sheets?’
‘Not me. He has a cleaner. He says he doesn’t need me to do that stuff. He’s worked out I’m a rubbish housekeeper. In fact, he wants me to think about doing a postgrad.’
‘A postgrad?’
‘He says I’m too smart not to do something with my life.’
‘Shows how long he’s known you.’ ... (c) Illuminating. For freak's sake! I already feel sorry about the sorry bastard of a husband who gets a ... who? ... for a wife. What exactly is she doing with her time? Killing it slowly?
Q:
‘A wife.’ Jasmine grinned at her slyly. ‘Oh, my God. Wifey.’
‘Don’t. It still freaks me out a bit.’ (c) Why on earth does someone who clearly 'has not wrapped their head round being married' get married?
Q:
... the concierge gives her the look reserved for the kind of woman whose husband takes business meetings on their honeymoon... (c) Neurosis identified. Gawd. People generally don't give a fuck as to who goes to what meetings when. Full of herself, this character is.
Q:
‘I don’t want a bath.’ She does. She’s thought of nothing else the whole, long, miserable walk back. (c) Instead of getting into a steamy bath, with her hubby, she gets cranky? Ouch.
Q:
She’d seen him on the telephone and just the simple fact that she’d known, immediately, it was a work call had skewed her fragile sense of goodwill. (c) Yeah, he should have been calling a bordello or a bunch of mistresses. That would have been much better. Right? *blinks innocently*
Q:
Why are you doing this? she yells at herself silently. Why are you sabotaging your own honeymoon? (c) Let me tell you a secret. It's not YOUR OWN. Honeymoon, like good sex, is an endeavour for at least two involved.
Q:
‘You’re on honeymoon?’ He says it without drama, but his expression is so bemused, his sudden pity so inadequately disguised, that she can’t bear it. She sees Wife, out of sorts, turning away defeatedly, a lifetime of other people’s faint embarrassment. Oh, you’re married? Your husband is where? (c) Ok, so much drama. For what? The guy went to a business meeting not to widen his sexual experiences in a bordello. Marriage is not about being connected at the hip. Grrr!
Q:
We can just … . We can just pretend like it didn’t happen. We’re both young.’
‘What are you talking about, Liv?’
She looks at him. ‘David – it all became clear as you walked towards me. You brought your plans with you.’(c) Oh, horror!!! He definitely should have brought a bowl of used buttplugs with him, instead of plans. (Yes, ref to 50 shades #3, the buttplug fail)
Q:
‘I don’t understand. This is crazy. I was only gone for a couple of hours.’
‘It’s not about the couple of hours. This was our honeymoon. It’s a template for how we’re going to be.’
‘How is a honeymoon ever a template for a marriage? Most people go and lie on a beach for two weeks, for Christ’s sake. You think that’s how the rest of their lives is going to run?’
‘Don’t twist my words! You know what I mean. (c) Gosh! Of course he doesn't. Even you don't know what YOU mean. Or even IF you mean it.
Q:
‘It’s just this building –’
‘Oh, this building. This building. This fucking building. There’s always going to be a building, isn’t there?’(c) The guy's an architect. It's a shame he's not a gynecologist. This passage would have read a lot better.
Q:
‘I don’t want to be a wife who feels ignored, even on her honeymoon.’
‘I wasn’t ignoring you, Liv –’
‘But you made me feel unimportant, (c) So, it's an ego thing. Can someone please save me and take this book away, right now??? I don't know why I'm torturing myself with it!
The plot had precious little to do with Paris. The city was mostly a backstage prop against which this unimaginably silly whining was happening. This whatever could have been happening in Australia, that is how much the city was reflected in the story.
The modern part was lame. If ever there was much ado about nothing, this is it. I'm not sure what I expected from this one. Certainly not science or a great plotline. Both of which are conveniently missing. Along with brains. And common sense. And intimacy. A residue of feelings, some emotional connection would have been welcome, anyway.
Instead, what we get here is a gal, who has some doubts on her wedding elopement long since done and who feels herself shadowing doubts, which seem to be shared by everyone in her surroundings. She's like *oh, I can't wrap my head round marriage*. Why exactly is this an issue in a love story? If there are doubts, it is NOT a love story. It's a thriller. And this one does not thrill at all. If one experiences doubts, why the freak do they even bother to participate in this doubtful affair of marriage? True love is unconventional. It's rara avis. A lot rarer than elopements.
The 20xx wife is selfish to the extreme. She literally comes across as surprised she's not alone on a honeymoon trip. Personally, I felt surprised at that as well: some poor bastard who didn't know better dared to get married with her. Miraculous!
And don't get me started on the poor hubby's business meetings. I mean, how exactly does one's bad time management become an issue for a honeymoon? If the bride is jobless (or maybe does some stuff not imposing on her time at all) why can't she accomodate the grooms' time issues? Here career is like this:
Q:
‘I … I’m sort of between jobs at the moment. I finished my degree and did a bit of office work, a bit of waitressing. The usual middle-class-girl stuff. I suppose I haven’t quite worked out what to do either.’ (c) So... this is our protagonist. The one unhappy about her hubby's encroaching career. What does she thinks pays for Paris honeymoons? Would she have preferred a loan?
The 19xx part considered a mirroring problem. Equally lamey. The only slight improvement on this disaster was the painting and the way it brought together different eras (the 2nd star is precisely for this). But by the time the story went to the painting, I already hated it so much that I really could not make myself to bother with its ending. I repeat, there are no problems depicted here, no issues, nothing at all. It's just some heroes being stupid, which is not something I look for in a love novelette. Or anywhere else. Ever.
Q:
And now Liv stands, shivering ‒ in the summer dress she had bought because it was the exact shade of her eyes and she’d thought he would notice ‒ as the skies grow grey and a fine spit starts. (c)
Q:
Some passions were too great not to act upon. (c)
Q:
When I wake up with him I feel like I’m in the pages of some glossy magazine. Everything is just so grown-up. (c) Getting married just to grow up. Now, that's a true recipe for a disaster.
Q:
He has linen bed sheets, for God’s sake. Actual linen sheets.’ She blew another smoke ring. ‘Made of linen.’
‘Yeah. And who’s going to end up ironing those linen sheets?’
‘Not me. He has a cleaner. He says he doesn’t need me to do that stuff. He’s worked out I’m a rubbish housekeeper. In fact, he wants me to think about doing a postgrad.’
‘A postgrad?’
‘He says I’m too smart not to do something with my life.’
‘Shows how long he’s known you.’ ... (c) Illuminating. For freak's sake! I already feel sorry about the sorry bastard of a husband who gets a ... who? ... for a wife. What exactly is she doing with her time? Killing it slowly?
Q:
‘A wife.’ Jasmine grinned at her slyly. ‘Oh, my God. Wifey.’
‘Don’t. It still freaks me out a bit.’ (c) Why on earth does someone who clearly 'has not wrapped their head round being married' get married?
Q:
... the concierge gives her the look reserved for the kind of woman whose husband takes business meetings on their honeymoon... (c) Neurosis identified. Gawd. People generally don't give a fuck as to who goes to what meetings when. Full of herself, this character is.
Q:
‘I don’t want a bath.’ She does. She’s thought of nothing else the whole, long, miserable walk back. (c) Instead of getting into a steamy bath, with her hubby, she gets cranky? Ouch.
Q:
She’d seen him on the telephone and just the simple fact that she’d known, immediately, it was a work call had skewed her fragile sense of goodwill. (c) Yeah, he should have been calling a bordello or a bunch of mistresses. That would have been much better. Right? *blinks innocently*
Q:
Why are you doing this? she yells at herself silently. Why are you sabotaging your own honeymoon? (c) Let me tell you a secret. It's not YOUR OWN. Honeymoon, like good sex, is an endeavour for at least two involved.
Q:
‘You’re on honeymoon?’ He says it without drama, but his expression is so bemused, his sudden pity so inadequately disguised, that she can’t bear it. She sees Wife, out of sorts, turning away defeatedly, a lifetime of other people’s faint embarrassment. Oh, you’re married? Your husband is where? (c) Ok, so much drama. For what? The guy went to a business meeting not to widen his sexual experiences in a bordello. Marriage is not about being connected at the hip. Grrr!
Q:
We can just … . We can just pretend like it didn’t happen. We’re both young.’
‘What are you talking about, Liv?’
She looks at him. ‘David – it all became clear as you walked towards me. You brought your plans with you.’(c) Oh, horror!!! He definitely should have brought a bowl of used buttplugs with him, instead of plans. (Yes, ref to 50 shades #3, the buttplug fail)
Q:
‘I don’t understand. This is crazy. I was only gone for a couple of hours.’
‘It’s not about the couple of hours. This was our honeymoon. It’s a template for how we’re going to be.’
‘How is a honeymoon ever a template for a marriage? Most people go and lie on a beach for two weeks, for Christ’s sake. You think that’s how the rest of their lives is going to run?’
‘Don’t twist my words! You know what I mean. (c) Gosh! Of course he doesn't. Even you don't know what YOU mean. Or even IF you mean it.
Q:
‘It’s just this building –’
‘Oh, this building. This building. This fucking building. There’s always going to be a building, isn’t there?’(c) The guy's an architect. It's a shame he's not a gynecologist. This passage would have read a lot better.
Q:
‘I don’t want to be a wife who feels ignored, even on her honeymoon.’
‘I wasn’t ignoring you, Liv –’
‘But you made me feel unimportant, (c) So, it's an ego thing. Can someone please save me and take this book away, right now??? I don't know why I'm torturing myself with it!
May 21, 2018
UPDATE - 21 May 2018: Finally about to start reading The Girl You Left Behind so I reread this book for some background! And I loved it just as much as I did the first time. 💗
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I loved this book.
Honeymoon in Paris was a beautiful, wonderful, moving, poignant, and evocative book. (don't mind my list of adjectives) And I felt the pure emotion of it even though it only spanned the length of 70 pages.
Without any lewd descriptions or blushing, giggling female protagonists that are typically seen in love stories, Jojo Moyes has paralleled two soul-deep, heart-wrenching tales of romance that struck a chord in me. Though brief, they are gripping and enchanting, and I fell hopelessly in love with every single one of the characters. I adored Sophie and Édouard's love story more than Liv and David's, because it was desperate and emotional and beautifully written, but both still enthralled me no end.
In fact, I was so enchanted by this novella that I bought The Girl You Left Behind immediately after reading it. I'm beyond excited to see these characters again. This is the first book I've read, albeit a short novella, by Jojo Moyes, and I now believe that she has truly lived up to all the hype of her bestseller Me Before You.
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I loved this book.
Honeymoon in Paris was a beautiful, wonderful, moving, poignant, and evocative book. (don't mind my list of adjectives) And I felt the pure emotion of it even though it only spanned the length of 70 pages.
Without any lewd descriptions or blushing, giggling female protagonists that are typically seen in love stories, Jojo Moyes has paralleled two soul-deep, heart-wrenching tales of romance that struck a chord in me. Though brief, they are gripping and enchanting, and I fell hopelessly in love with every single one of the characters. I adored Sophie and Édouard's love story more than Liv and David's, because it was desperate and emotional and beautifully written, but both still enthralled me no end.
In fact, I was so enchanted by this novella that I bought The Girl You Left Behind immediately after reading it. I'm beyond excited to see these characters again. This is the first book I've read, albeit a short novella, by Jojo Moyes, and I now believe that she has truly lived up to all the hype of her bestseller Me Before You.
May 14, 2019
داستان به صورت موازی در مورد دو زوجه که ماه عسلشون رو در پاریس میگذرونن و تصویری از پیچیدگیهای یک رابطه و تعارض بین دو زوج رو نشون میده.
با اینکه این داستان کوتاه بود اما کشش خوبی داشت و حرفهای قابل تأملی برای گفتن داشت. شخصیتپردازی نسبتا خوب بود و با اینکه بار جذابیت رو دوش قسمت عاشقانهی ماجرا بود، مویز از اجزای داستانی غافل نمونده و انسجام داستان حفظ شده بود.
در مجموع ارزش خوندن داشت.
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یادگاری از کتاب:
برخی احساسات آنقدر قوی هستند که نمیتوان بر اساس آنها تصمیم نگرفت...
با اینکه این داستان کوتاه بود اما کشش خوبی داشت و حرفهای قابل تأملی برای گفتن داشت. شخصیتپردازی نسبتا خوب بود و با اینکه بار جذابیت رو دوش قسمت عاشقانهی ماجرا بود، مویز از اجزای داستانی غافل نمونده و انسجام داستان حفظ شده بود.
در مجموع ارزش خوندن داشت.
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یادگاری از کتاب:
برخی احساسات آنقدر قوی هستند که نمیتوان بر اساس آنها تصمیم نگرفت...
April 24, 2015
Listened to this one on audio, it's just a very short prequel to The Girl You Left Behind. I liked it, there just wasn't that much to it. My impression of Liv was that she was kind of a whiner. I hope she is more likable in the next book. Thanks to Maida for reminding me there was a prequel:))
May 12, 2016
This novella is written beautifully, marvellous!
I didn't know this one is an introduction to the novel The Girl You Left Behind, and that made me really want to read it!
The novella is like multi-time love stories, one in 2002 and the other in 1912, but both shared the part of the honeymoon in Paris.
☙ In the one in 1912, Edouard and Sophie were newlywed in Paris, Edouard was a talented artist but Sophie was just a normal shop-girl. Edouard fell in love with her and immediately asked to marry her.
Sophie felt jealous of other girls or models Edouard used to draw, they were much more beautiful than her.
She became suspicious of Edouard after what Mimi said to her.. about turning to what he was before marriage, leaving her for other girls for his paintings!
Sophie split out her doubts to Edouard, who left home angry of her.
She went out walking in the streets, time pass until she returned home and found Edouard painting her in the studio. The picture was perfect, but it showed furious, unhappy Sophie.
This story ends here, living happily together.
☙ In the one in 2002, David and Liz are the one newlywed in Paris, but David left Liz for work a couple of times, which made her upset as he didn't care enough about her.
To make time pass until David finished working, She went to a sort of museum, and saw the picture "Wife, out of sorts", By Edouard Lefevre. Liz felt the sad unhappy woman in the picture was just like her. Liz decided to tell David that she couldn't be his wife any more, they were so young and made the wrong decision to marry!
She showed him the picture in the museum, and what she felt about all her life.
David decided to make their honeymoon free of work, and to be all with Liz, extending the time left for them in Paris for another 48 hours, full of love.
I didn't know this one is an introduction to the novel The Girl You Left Behind, and that made me really want to read it!
The novella is like multi-time love stories, one in 2002 and the other in 1912, but both shared the part of the honeymoon in Paris.
☙ In the one in 1912, Edouard and Sophie were newlywed in Paris, Edouard was a talented artist but Sophie was just a normal shop-girl. Edouard fell in love with her and immediately asked to marry her.
Sophie felt jealous of other girls or models Edouard used to draw, they were much more beautiful than her.
She became suspicious of Edouard after what Mimi said to her.. about turning to what he was before marriage, leaving her for other girls for his paintings!
Sophie split out her doubts to Edouard, who left home angry of her.
She went out walking in the streets, time pass until she returned home and found Edouard painting her in the studio. The picture was perfect, but it showed furious, unhappy Sophie.
“I had to paint you because I couldn't bear that you weren't here and it was the only way I could bring you back”.
This story ends here, living happily together.
☙ In the one in 2002, David and Liz are the one newlywed in Paris, but David left Liz for work a couple of times, which made her upset as he didn't care enough about her.
To make time pass until David finished working, She went to a sort of museum, and saw the picture "Wife, out of sorts", By Edouard Lefevre. Liz felt the sad unhappy woman in the picture was just like her. Liz decided to tell David that she couldn't be his wife any more, they were so young and made the wrong decision to marry!
She showed him the picture in the museum, and what she felt about all her life.
“I don't believe this painting should mean the end of our marriage. Because I look at it and I see the opposite from you. Yes, something's gone wrong. Yes, she is unhappy right then, in that moment. But when I look at her, at this, Liz, I just see a picture full of love”.
David decided to make their honeymoon free of work, and to be all with Liz, extending the time left for them in Paris for another 48 hours, full of love.
March 19, 2017
عشق دلیل کافی ای برای ازدواج نیست ولی دلیل قانع کننده ای برای ادامه ی زندگی مشترکه.
بنظرم این جمله میتونه تعریف خوبی از این کتاب باشه.به طور کلی کتاب خوبی بود.
بنظرم این جمله میتونه تعریف خوبی از این کتاب باشه.به طور کلی کتاب خوبی بود.
March 29, 2017
خوب بود...
اما خیلی معمولی بود...یه رمان خیلی ساده و روان و سرگرم کننده...کاملا معمولی!!
پیام عمیق و بخصوصی نداشت یا اصلا نمیتونست ذهن مخاطب رو درگیر کنه...شخصیت پردازی دقیق و قوی ای نداشت...
همین!
اما خیلی معمولی بود...یه رمان خیلی ساده و روان و سرگرم کننده...کاملا معمولی!!
پیام عمیق و بخصوصی نداشت یا اصلا نمیتونست ذهن مخاطب رو درگیر کنه...شخصیت پردازی دقیق و قوی ای نداشت...
همین!
July 7, 2018
Es una mini historia, una precuela que nos cuenta las historias paralelas de los dos parejas de protagonistas del libro "La Chica que Dejaste Atrás".
Después de haber leído el libro, encontré a la precuela de lo que debieron haber sido los momentos de su gran amor, o al menos eso debería haber sido, siendo la historia contada en su período de luna de miel.
Uno de los principales elementos de esta historia es la pasión y los impulsos han sido la base de estas relaciones, y estos días las mujeres se encuentran en una vida de la que no se sienten parte.
Liv dejó de lado su luna de miel a causa del trabajo de su marido, ella se encuentra paseando por los museos de París tratando de llenar un vacío, y Sophie choca con el pasado de su esposo bohemio y amable que comienza a ser demasiado. ¿Es la luna de miel todos los corazones y el amor que quisieran? no!
Si bien es una lectura corta e inofensiva, no me encantó la luna de miel en París. Se centra en este breve capítulo en estas dos vidas en las que ninguno de los personajes es realmente impresionante o atractivo. A pesar de que tiene razón de estar molesta, Liv se siente culpable y molesta. Sophie, presentada como fuerte y valiente, aparece como débil y crédula. Para ser una precuela tan corta, que muestra a estos personajes en su peor momento, por lo cual no se pueden realmente ver a sus verdaderas personalidades brillar.
Después de haber leído el libro, encontré a la precuela de lo que debieron haber sido los momentos de su gran amor, o al menos eso debería haber sido, siendo la historia contada en su período de luna de miel.
Uno de los principales elementos de esta historia es la pasión y los impulsos han sido la base de estas relaciones, y estos días las mujeres se encuentran en una vida de la que no se sienten parte.
Liv dejó de lado su luna de miel a causa del trabajo de su marido, ella se encuentra paseando por los museos de París tratando de llenar un vacío, y Sophie choca con el pasado de su esposo bohemio y amable que comienza a ser demasiado. ¿Es la luna de miel todos los corazones y el amor que quisieran? no!
Si bien es una lectura corta e inofensiva, no me encantó la luna de miel en París. Se centra en este breve capítulo en estas dos vidas en las que ninguno de los personajes es realmente impresionante o atractivo. A pesar de que tiene razón de estar molesta, Liv se siente culpable y molesta. Sophie, presentada como fuerte y valiente, aparece como débil y crédula. Para ser una precuela tan corta, que muestra a estos personajes en su peor momento, por lo cual no se pueden realmente ver a sus verdaderas personalidades brillar.
December 27, 2021
I usually don't connect with novellas but this one was cute.
August 5, 2020
Honeymoon in Paris is a novella, a prequel to Moyes’ full-length The Girl You Left Behind. I’m not a huge fan of short stories because they never seem to draw a complete portrait but, since I’ve had The Girl You Left Behind sitting unread on my bookshelf for over a year, I decided to see if I could jump start my interest with this little morsel. In Honeymoon in Paris, we get snap shots of two recently married women, both wondering if they’ve made the best decision. One is a modern story, the other is a WWI era story. The modern woman, Olivia (Liv), is distressed because she and her new husband only have a week for their honeymoon and he has spent most of it on business, leaving her feeling abandoned and lonely, not to mention worried she’s made a mistake in marrying a workaholic. The other woman, Sophie, has married a painter more interested in palling around with his friends than collecting payment for his paintings. When a “friend” of Sophie’s new husband puts a bug in her ear that his is a womanizer and will probably continue to be so, Sophie worries that he will cast her aside for another woman.
While it is a short and harmless read, I was not smitten with Honeymoon in Paris. It is focused on this brief chapter in these two lives where none of the characters is really impressive or engaging. Though she is right to be upset, Liv comes across as whiny and annoying. Sophie, presented as strong and feisty, comes across as weak and gullible. By this being such a narrow window, it shows these characters at their worst and with little background, you can’t really see their true personalities shine.
If I didn’t already own The Girl You Left Behind and hadn’t already read Me Before You and One Plus One, I may not have chosen to read The Girl You Left Behind after this short story. Generally only Stephen King’s short stories pull me in because, well he’s Stephen King. I wish I’d skipped this one because it made me indifferent to Olivia and Sophie but, that said, knowing how skillful Moyes is, I am optimistic that I will enjoy The Girl You Left Behind. Just maybe not right now:)
While it is a short and harmless read, I was not smitten with Honeymoon in Paris. It is focused on this brief chapter in these two lives where none of the characters is really impressive or engaging. Though she is right to be upset, Liv comes across as whiny and annoying. Sophie, presented as strong and feisty, comes across as weak and gullible. By this being such a narrow window, it shows these characters at their worst and with little background, you can’t really see their true personalities shine.
If I didn’t already own The Girl You Left Behind and hadn’t already read Me Before You and One Plus One, I may not have chosen to read The Girl You Left Behind after this short story. Generally only Stephen King’s short stories pull me in because, well he’s Stephen King. I wish I’d skipped this one because it made me indifferent to Olivia and Sophie but, that said, knowing how skillful Moyes is, I am optimistic that I will enjoy The Girl You Left Behind. Just maybe not right now:)
September 11, 2017
Senden Önce Ben'den sonra bir daha bu yazardan okumam ben demiştim lise yıllarımda. Gece günler de kitabın filmini izlediğimde bir şekilde bakış açımın tamamen değistiğini, malum olay yüzünden aşşşşşırı romantik davrandığımı farkettim.Eh bu olay sonrasında kütüphane de gezerken yazarın diğer kitaplarına rastlayıp hemmen bir diğer çok okunan kitabını aldım. Novellası ile birlikte tabi ki. Paris'te Balayı ana kitaba geçmeden önce karakterler ve hikayelerini yedirebilmemiz için ön bilgi. İki farklı zamanda geçen iki farklı kadının evliliği kabullenme sürecini ve aşk için neleri göze alabileceklerini işliyor. Bir saat gibi kısa bir sürede biten novellayı sevip sevmeme konusunda pek emin değilim ama ana hikeyeye iyi bir başlangıç yaptığımı düşünüyorum. Ardında Bıraktığın Kadın için heyecanlanıp, sabırsızlanmamı sağladı, basılmasınım temel amacı da buydu sanırım..
Not:
Normalde kitabın başında bile yer alabilecek sayfa sayısına sahip novellayı kocaman kocaman harfler ile basmak kaçıncı seviye canım Pegasus.
Not:
Normalde kitabın başında bile yer alabilecek sayfa sayısına sahip novellayı kocaman kocaman harfler ile basmak kaçıncı seviye canım Pegasus.
October 10, 2019
3,75 Sterne
Eine süße kleine Geschichte für zwischendurch, die ziemlich typisch Jojo Moyes ist, einen aber mit einem guten Gefühl und etwas Kitsch, aber immer ein Garant dafür ist, dass man eine schöne Liebesgeschichte bekommt.
Eine süße kleine Geschichte für zwischendurch, die ziemlich typisch Jojo Moyes ist, einen aber mit einem guten Gefühl und etwas Kitsch, aber immer ein Garant dafür ist, dass man eine schöne Liebesgeschichte bekommt.
March 30, 2016
Heel fijn klein boekje, leuk als voorgeschiedenis op Portret van een vrouw en genoten van het Parijse sfeertje. Recensie: http://thebookreview.nl/recensies/rom...
March 23, 2019
Zwei kurze Love-Stories, ganz schön aber nichts Besonderes.
Olivia und David haben überstürzt geheiratet und verbringen ihre Flitterwochen in Paris. Liv gefällt es nicht, dass David in den Flitterwochen arbeitet. Und auch sonst ist sie ständig unzufrieden, jammert und wirkt weinerlich.
Ich mochte sie nicht unbedingt, die Geschichte der beiden ist aber ganz nett.
Edouard und Sophie waren 90 Jahre vorher in einer ähnlichen Situation. Sophie hat auch an ihrem frischgebackenen Ehemann und der übereilten Ehe gezweifelt.
Sie war mir aber sympathisch und Edouard mochte ich total. Auch die Geschichte der beiden hat mir besser gefallen.
Das war aber auch schon im Buch so. Der Stil ist leicht und gefühlvoll, typisch Moyes, hier aber irgendwie so, dass sich die Geschichte etwas gezogen hat.
Olivia und David haben überstürzt geheiratet und verbringen ihre Flitterwochen in Paris. Liv gefällt es nicht, dass David in den Flitterwochen arbeitet. Und auch sonst ist sie ständig unzufrieden, jammert und wirkt weinerlich.
Ich mochte sie nicht unbedingt, die Geschichte der beiden ist aber ganz nett.
Edouard und Sophie waren 90 Jahre vorher in einer ähnlichen Situation. Sophie hat auch an ihrem frischgebackenen Ehemann und der übereilten Ehe gezweifelt.
Sie war mir aber sympathisch und Edouard mochte ich total. Auch die Geschichte der beiden hat mir besser gefallen.
Das war aber auch schon im Buch so. Der Stil ist leicht und gefühlvoll, typisch Moyes, hier aber irgendwie so, dass sich die Geschichte etwas gezogen hat.
August 5, 2023
Volume breve, una lettura confortevole e scorrevole di appena un ora. Si tratta del prequel di “La ragazza che hai lasciato”. Ho apprezzato che il volumetto racchiuda due lune di miele, una scritta in prima persona poco prima della prima guerra mondiale e l’altra scritta in terza persona negli anni 2000. Le vite di queste sue coppie si sfioreranno appena, in maniera simbolica e poetica ma intensa per il lettore. Questo libretto è molto profondo, mette in luce alcuni aspetti del matrimonio per nulla banali.
October 26, 2014
This was cute, but not overly cute. Moyes is so skilled at crafting touching romances with a hint of realism and an aftertaste of something bittersweet. Her stories are believable and the romantic aspects lies in the recognition.
Before I read the afterword, I had not realized that "Honeymoon in Paris" was a prequel. I look forward to seeing which turn the story will take in its fully fleshed out form, as I adored "The Last Letter From Your Lover", which this story was a bit reminiscent of in Moyes' technique with interwoven narratives.
A delightful little read on a lazy Sunday afternoon. Now, I'll indulge in another romance-craving of mine and rewatch the "North and South" mini-series for the hundredth time. After all, that's what Sundays are for. Right?
Before I read the afterword, I had not realized that "Honeymoon in Paris" was a prequel. I look forward to seeing which turn the story will take in its fully fleshed out form, as I adored "The Last Letter From Your Lover", which this story was a bit reminiscent of in Moyes' technique with interwoven narratives.
A delightful little read on a lazy Sunday afternoon. Now, I'll indulge in another romance-craving of mine and rewatch the "North and South" mini-series for the hundredth time. After all, that's what Sundays are for. Right?
May 2, 2019
با چند چیز مخالفم
یک پیاز
دو تابستون بی کولر
سه وای اگه این کارو بکنم مردم چی مبگن
چهار انجام میدم چون همه انجام میدن
پنج سیرابی
شش بوی سیرابی
هفت صبر کردن تا رند شدن ساعت
و هشت نوشتن قصهای که ننوشتنش چیزی از لول ادبیات جامعه کم نمی کنه.
هر قدر صدای استادی که داستان رو در داستان شب خونده بودن، عالی و ترغیب کننده برای پیگیری ماجرا بود، خود داستان سطحی، آبکی و بی مزه بود. اصلا متوجه نشدم چرا باید دو داستان رو بطور موازی پی میگرفتیم.
از جوجو مویز خوشم نیومد و خوشحالم که کتاب دیگری ازش نخوندم.
امروز دوازده اردی بهشت ۹۸. اینترن بخش زنان
یک پیاز
دو تابستون بی کولر
سه وای اگه این کارو بکنم مردم چی مبگن
چهار انجام میدم چون همه انجام میدن
پنج سیرابی
شش بوی سیرابی
هفت صبر کردن تا رند شدن ساعت
و هشت نوشتن قصهای که ننوشتنش چیزی از لول ادبیات جامعه کم نمی کنه.
هر قدر صدای استادی که داستان رو در داستان شب خونده بودن، عالی و ترغیب کننده برای پیگیری ماجرا بود، خود داستان سطحی، آبکی و بی مزه بود. اصلا متوجه نشدم چرا باید دو داستان رو بطور موازی پی میگرفتیم.
از جوجو مویز خوشم نیومد و خوشحالم که کتاب دیگری ازش نخوندم.
امروز دوازده اردی بهشت ۹۸. اینترن بخش زنان
May 17, 2014
This is the most vapid book I have every read and I am not exaggerating. It is two seperate stories about two women on their honeymoons with their husbands in Paris. One is in 1912 and the other is 2002. Both women are equally stupid, short sighted and narcissistic. The modern one moans and complains because her husband makes a business meeting while in Paris. He is an architect and wants to meet a client. SHE DECIDES THIS IS SO BAD SHE HAS TO LEAVE HIM. WHAT??? Sorry the guy is trying to make a living. She cries and sobs and carries on and tells him she can't be married to him. He has to be with her every second on her honeymoon. He cancels his meetings and says all that is important in the world is her. Naturally she likes this. The second story is an earlier version of the same tale. Grow up newlyweds. The guys are supporting you-- not out with a prostitute. It could be worse.
Maybe I am REALLY unfamiliar with the ROMANTIC genre. I guess it is not for me. I only read this book because I really enjoyed Jojo Moyes novel, ME BEFORE YOU. It was far more sophisticated and nuanced in that the character was a quadroplegic and the love story was unique.
I am not hiding this review due to spoilers since the book is so predictble nothing could be spoiled.
Maybe I am REALLY unfamiliar with the ROMANTIC genre. I guess it is not for me. I only read this book because I really enjoyed Jojo Moyes novel, ME BEFORE YOU. It was far more sophisticated and nuanced in that the character was a quadroplegic and the love story was unique.
I am not hiding this review due to spoilers since the book is so predictble nothing could be spoiled.
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November 5, 2018كتاب #ماه_عسل_در_پاريس
Honeymoon in Paris
نويسنده #جوجو_مويز
مترجم # شيدا_رضايي
#آناهيتا_شجاعي
كتابي ٩٦ صفحه اي با ژانر عاشقانه است.
پاریس؛همیشه گويي در تفكراتمان، ميعادگاه عشاق بوده است .
داستان محوریت ۴زوج است كه در دو دوره از زمان متفاوت يعني ٩٠ سال زيسته و ماه عسل خود را در پاريس گذرانده اند!
"سوفی و ادوارد " که نقاش و مدل نقاشی اند، "دیوید و لیو" که دیوید مهندس است.
دو داستان به طور موازی پیش میروند وهر دو زوج به این نتیجه رسيده اند که ازدواجشان کار اشتباهی بوده است.
شاید توصیه، به باور بين زوجين و اعتماد است و صبر صد البته پرهیز از شک و افرادی که حسادت می ورزند و با افكاري مسموم، زندگي برانداز اند.
عشق؛ دلیل قانع کننده ای برای ازدواج نیست اما برای تدام زندگي مشترک، ميتوان رويش حساب كرد. (پ.ن: البته به شرطِ باور به عشق! يا مهمتراز آن، وجودِ عشق !) .
#آرام_بیانی
#معرفي_كتاب_آرام_بياني📚✒️
Honeymoon in Paris
نويسنده #جوجو_مويز
مترجم # شيدا_رضايي
#آناهيتا_شجاعي
كتابي ٩٦ صفحه اي با ژانر عاشقانه است.
پاریس؛همیشه گويي در تفكراتمان، ميعادگاه عشاق بوده است .
داستان محوریت ۴زوج است كه در دو دوره از زمان متفاوت يعني ٩٠ سال زيسته و ماه عسل خود را در پاريس گذرانده اند!
"سوفی و ادوارد " که نقاش و مدل نقاشی اند، "دیوید و لیو" که دیوید مهندس است.
دو داستان به طور موازی پیش میروند وهر دو زوج به این نتیجه رسيده اند که ازدواجشان کار اشتباهی بوده است.
شاید توصیه، به باور بين زوجين و اعتماد است و صبر صد البته پرهیز از شک و افرادی که حسادت می ورزند و با افكاري مسموم، زندگي برانداز اند.
عشق؛ دلیل قانع کننده ای برای ازدواج نیست اما برای تدام زندگي مشترک، ميتوان رويش حساب كرد. (پ.ن: البته به شرطِ باور به عشق! يا مهمتراز آن، وجودِ عشق !) .
#آرام_بیانی
#معرفي_كتاب_آرام_بياني📚✒️
October 5, 2017
Een goede novella die leidt naar het verhaal van Portret van een vrouw. In het begin moest ik er even inkomen maar het werd toch al gauw wel interessant. Benieuwd naar de rest van het verhaal.
September 27, 2012
Honeymoon in Paris is a marvellous introduction to the characters in The Girl You Left Behind. Although I read this after The Girl You Left Behind, I was very interested in learning more about the couples in the story; Sophie and Edouard and Liv and David.
Sophie loves Edouard and he loves her. But Sophie wonders how long his love will last. For Liv, her honeymoon with David is not going the way she imagined. Is it a sign of what their life together will be like?
Honeymoon in Paris is a great contrast to The Girl You Left Behind as it is set years before the events in that book. Also, it allows the reader to learn a few interesting details about the couples which were not mentioned in The Girl You Left Behind and observe how the characters have changed. Honeymoon in Paris is a thoroughly enjoyable novella and precursor to the stunning The Girl You Left Behind which will make you want to pick up and read it if you haven't already devoured it.
Sophie loves Edouard and he loves her. But Sophie wonders how long his love will last. For Liv, her honeymoon with David is not going the way she imagined. Is it a sign of what their life together will be like?
Honeymoon in Paris is a great contrast to The Girl You Left Behind as it is set years before the events in that book. Also, it allows the reader to learn a few interesting details about the couples which were not mentioned in The Girl You Left Behind and observe how the characters have changed. Honeymoon in Paris is a thoroughly enjoyable novella and precursor to the stunning The Girl You Left Behind which will make you want to pick up and read it if you haven't already devoured it.
July 3, 2018
در حد یک وقت پرکردن ساده و معمولی اگر در صف انتظار طولانی ایستاده اید یا در مسیری طولانی به سر میبرید. حواستان باشد چشمهایتان را خسته نکنید. آنقدرها ارزش پیگیری ندارد:دی
March 29, 2022
Sólo leí la parte de Sophie, lo otro no me llama para nada.
Me han encantado esos caps, en serio ojalá la autora hubiera hecho un libro solo de ellos amé esa pareja.
Me han encantado esos caps, en serio ojalá la autora hubiera hecho un libro solo de ellos amé esa pareja.
July 2, 2021
این کتاب شامل دو زمان حال و گذشته هست که زمان گذشته درباره سوفی و ادوارده که شخصیت های اصلی کتاب "دختری که رهایش کردی" هستند
ماه عسل ادوارد و سوفی و ماه عسل یک زوج دیگر در پاریس در دو زمان متفاوت
داستان درباره مشکلات ابتدای راه زوج های جوانه که با نرمش و صبوری میشه مانع مشکلات بعدی شد
کوتاه و روون بود. برای من که کتاب دختری که رهایش کردی رو دوست داشتم معمولی بود اما اینکه داستان درباره ابتدای ازدواج سوفی بود رو دوست داشتم چون سوفی یکی از شخصیت های کتابیه که خیلی دوستش داشتم
ماه عسل ادوارد و سوفی و ماه عسل یک زوج دیگر در پاریس در دو زمان متفاوت
داستان درباره مشکلات ابتدای راه زوج های جوانه که با نرمش و صبوری میشه مانع مشکلات بعدی شد
کوتاه و روون بود. برای من که کتاب دختری که رهایش کردی رو دوست داشتم معمولی بود اما اینکه داستان درباره ابتدای ازدواج سوفی بود رو دوست داشتم چون سوفی یکی از شخصیت های کتابیه که خیلی دوستش داشتم
June 30, 2017
یه داستان خیلی ساده بود:)برای همین زیاد نظرمو جلب نکرد.ولی خوب کوتاه بود.حداقلش زود تموم شد
October 26, 2022
Benim bu kitabı evlenince bir daha okumam lazım buralarda böyle kalsındjsk
July 11, 2016
Denne søde lille bog er en slags forhistorie til "Hende du forlod" af samme forfatter. Det var en hyggelig fornøjelse, og jeg nød virkelig begge historier. Jeg var dog lidt mere glad for historien om Liv Halston og hendes mand, da jeg bedre kunne relatere til den.
De var begge sukkersøde, og fyldt med forventningsfulde forhåbninger til bryllupsrejsen, selvom der også var nogle negative tanker forbundet med disse. Det er ikke altid, at livet er en dans på roser - heller ikke efter at man er blevet gift. Det viser bogen på sin egen simple måde.
"Sådan må du ikke tænke, skændte jeg på mig selv. Men mine tanker styrtede af sted som en løbsk hest, hele tiden i nye og frygtelige retninger, og jeg kunne ikke tøjle dem." - citat side 75.
Det var en perfekt appetitvækker af karaktererne, som også optræder i "Hende du forlod", og jeg glæder mig virkelig til at lære dem bedre at kende. Jojo Moyes' skrivestil er skøn, og det er så nemt at relatere til hendes karakterer. Jeg glæder mig til at læse mere om Liv og Sophie.
De var begge sukkersøde, og fyldt med forventningsfulde forhåbninger til bryllupsrejsen, selvom der også var nogle negative tanker forbundet med disse. Det er ikke altid, at livet er en dans på roser - heller ikke efter at man er blevet gift. Det viser bogen på sin egen simple måde.
"Sådan må du ikke tænke, skændte jeg på mig selv. Men mine tanker styrtede af sted som en løbsk hest, hele tiden i nye og frygtelige retninger, og jeg kunne ikke tøjle dem." - citat side 75.
Det var en perfekt appetitvækker af karaktererne, som også optræder i "Hende du forlod", og jeg glæder mig virkelig til at lære dem bedre at kende. Jojo Moyes' skrivestil er skøn, og det er så nemt at relatere til hendes karakterer. Jeg glæder mig til at læse mere om Liv og Sophie.
August 21, 2018
"ماه عسل در پاریس"رمانی عاشقانه از نویسنده ی انگلیسی جوجو مویز است.
در داستان این نوشته ماجرای عاشقانه ی دو زوج در سالهای متفاوت و با اختلاف حدود ۹۰ سال ، به صورت موازی روایت می شود.
هر دو زوج برای گذراندن ماه عسلشان شهر پاریس را انتخاب کرده اند ، اما در این سفر با ماجراهای مختلفی رو به رو می شوند ، ماجراهایی که باعث می شود در حین گذراندن ماه عسلشان در شهر پاریس به این نتیجه ی دردناک برسند که ازدواجشان امری اشتباه بوده است....
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اولین کتابی بود که از خانوم مویز خوندم،
رمانی کوتاه و زیبا با کششی عجیب بود،با اینکه زیاد اهل رمان عاشقانه نیستم،اما از خواندنش لذت بردم.
هدف نویسنده این کتاب صرفا نوشتن یک عاشقانه نبود و مفاهیم عمیقی در لا به لای این کتاب مستور بود...!
اینکه عشق به تنهایی برای شروع ازدواج کافی نیست،اما برای یک زندگی پیش رفته عشق میتونه دلیل قانع کننده ای برای ادامه باشه.....
به قول شاملوی عزیز:
همه لرزش دست و دلم از آن بود
که عشق پناهی گردد
پروازی نه
گریزگاهی گردد...
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و عشق ، تنها عشق...
جذاب و خواندنی بود،پیشنهاد می شود🐤
پ.ن:یک ستاره کم کردم به این دلیل که نمونه ی ترجمه ی خانوم رضایی رو خوندم و به نظرم روانتر بود.
در داستان این نوشته ماجرای عاشقانه ی دو زوج در سالهای متفاوت و با اختلاف حدود ۹۰ سال ، به صورت موازی روایت می شود.
هر دو زوج برای گذراندن ماه عسلشان شهر پاریس را انتخاب کرده اند ، اما در این سفر با ماجراهای مختلفی رو به رو می شوند ، ماجراهایی که باعث می شود در حین گذراندن ماه عسلشان در شهر پاریس به این نتیجه ی دردناک برسند که ازدواجشان امری اشتباه بوده است....
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اولین کتابی بود که از خانوم مویز خوندم،
رمانی کوتاه و زیبا با کششی عجیب بود،با اینکه زیاد اهل رمان عاشقانه نیستم،اما از خواندنش لذت بردم.
هدف نویسنده این کتاب صرفا نوشتن یک عاشقانه نبود و مفاهیم عمیقی در لا به لای این کتاب مستور بود...!
اینکه عشق به تنهایی برای شروع ازدواج کافی نیست،اما برای یک زندگی پیش رفته عشق میتونه دلیل قانع کننده ای برای ادامه باشه.....
به قول شاملوی عزیز:
همه لرزش دست و دلم از آن بود
که عشق پناهی گردد
پروازی نه
گریزگاهی گردد...
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و عشق ، تنها عشق...
جذاب و خواندنی بود،پیشنهاد می شود🐤
پ.ن:یک ستاره کم کردم به این دلیل که نمونه ی ترجمه ی خانوم رضایی رو خوندم و به نظرم روانتر بود.
July 1, 2019
Hallo ihr Lieben,
zu diesem kleinen süßen Buch gibt es nicht viel zu sagen. Dies ist die Vorgeschichte zu dem Buch "Ein Bild von dir" von Jojo Moyes und es hat mich wirklich gut unterhalten.
Auf ca. 107 Seiten habe ich natürlich nur einen sehr kleinen Einblick in die Charaktere bekommen. Aber auf Weiteres bin ich sehr gespannt 😊
zu diesem kleinen süßen Buch gibt es nicht viel zu sagen. Dies ist die Vorgeschichte zu dem Buch "Ein Bild von dir" von Jojo Moyes und es hat mich wirklich gut unterhalten.
Auf ca. 107 Seiten habe ich natürlich nur einen sehr kleinen Einblick in die Charaktere bekommen. Aber auf Weiteres bin ich sehr gespannt 😊
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