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Dying Young
Death's inevitability and love's uncertainty underlie the romantic triangle of leukemia-stricken Victor, his caretaker Hilary, and the vital and alluring Gordon, in a tale set on the coast of Massachusetts
277 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1989
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Marti Leimbach
23 books122 followersI write contemporary fiction for young adults and adults, though right now I'm concentrating on my YA thriller series, kicking off with Dragonfly Girl published by Harper Collins Feb '21.
I'm on Goodreads, but if you have questions you can also find me on Twitter https://twitter.com/MartiLeimbach
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In addition to all things literary, I'm interested in neurodiversity, young inventors, and science.
I teach on the Masters Programme in Creative Writing at the University of Oxford as a fiction tutor. My students are amazing!
When I'm not writing or teaching or reading, I'm looking after a small flock of Ryleand sheep, walking may Shetland sheepdog or hanging out with the fancy rats I breed as part of the National Fancy Rat Society, UK. You can find me at www.martileimbach.com and I LOVE to hear from readers!
I'm on Goodreads, but if you have questions you can also find me on Twitter https://twitter.com/MartiLeimbach
or on Instagram: marti.leimbach
In addition to all things literary, I'm interested in neurodiversity, young inventors, and science.
I teach on the Masters Programme in Creative Writing at the University of Oxford as a fiction tutor. My students are amazing!
When I'm not writing or teaching or reading, I'm looking after a small flock of Ryleand sheep, walking may Shetland sheepdog or hanging out with the fancy rats I breed as part of the National Fancy Rat Society, UK. You can find me at www.martileimbach.com and I LOVE to hear from readers!
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October 28, 2011
This was a wonderful book! I have kept a copy of this so that I can read it again and again. This is about a woman that is hired to take care of a young man that is diagnosed with lukemia. They fall in love with each other and try to ignore that he is sick. At times it eats her up inside, because he will not seek treatment. He's tired of the doctors and of being sick so there are many days where she goes out because he sleeps all day.
She ends up meeting another young man and has an affair with him for a short while. The man with the disease can be very vulgar, rude, and tends to have a bit of a dry sense of humor. The book makes you want to scream at times and others it makes you want to start crying so be ready for a roller coaster ride.
She ends up meeting another young man and has an affair with him for a short while. The man with the disease can be very vulgar, rude, and tends to have a bit of a dry sense of humor. The book makes you want to scream at times and others it makes you want to start crying so be ready for a roller coaster ride.
June 2, 2015
I didn't just want to write about a book today. No, I wanted to write about a book and a film. Or more importantly a book that was made into a film and how books and films correlate.
Its a cliche and I find myself saying this all the time. I'm like a broken fucking record. But the relationship between the written word and the silver screen (ergo, Hollywood) is a long and much documented story that better people have written better things about but the one thing that irks me the most about falling in love with a book, being a fan from very early, is the treatment said work gets after the 'sell their soul to the corporate devil' and is produced into a shiny marketable thing when a load of moolah and peoples time is thrown at it. And anytime I hear anyone say things along the lines of 'oh, the book/film is better than the book/film' it just sends me off on a tangent.
Before I read and watched 'Dying Young', my main point of annoyance about "money+text+premise to the square root of what marketing executives and major studios want at that particular time for whomever' is Bridget Jones.
I will put my hand up and say I went to the two (at the time) novels after seeing and very much enjoying the first film. My first reaction after finishing the book was 'wait a minute, what film did I just see?'
I closed the book and checked. Yes, there was Renee Wotsit, Mr Darcy and Hugh Grant but where is this character? And where was that in the film? Bridget's mother runs off with some sort of spear-weilding warrior from Africa. Look back at the film, its not there.
Which brings me to a film about a man surviving cancer. And more specifically, how different both versions of the book and film are. And they certainly are versions. Ingested back to back, its like being welcomed into two alternate realities.
First of all, the book universe is set in rural Massachusetts and in the film, we are in San Francisco. Yes, the film companies do this all the time. Jesus, they took the brilliant 'High Fidelity' by Nick Hornby and set the film in Chicago. Its what they call artistic licence. I think its like taking The Sound of Music to Glasgow and letting the two warring football hooligans clash, personally. I mean, who needs nazis? But I don't agree with that at all and would describe it as something liken to gutting a prime sturgeon for its caviar.
Looking at the time in movies at the time and the cast, I cant help but think that this was treated as (and the book was gutted with a big fuck off knife) an ongoing vehicle for both Scott and Roberts. The former was coming off the back of a decent success with grungy Seattle based relationship indie flick, 'Singles' but unfortunately for him, he was overshadowed by the music and the quirkier people around him. And then there was also a reasonably minor hit called, 'Pretty Woman'.
A lot about 'Dying Young' as a film adaptation is about following the success of the mega hit. I'm sorry but I believe this to be true. If you don't believe me, I beg you to indulge me in two points:
1. The general synopsis of both films is 'poor girl makes big in an unfamiliar environment'. Its like hey, you remember that cool chick you liked who was a whore and colored her boots in with black marker pen? Shes back and shed looking after a sick guy. Add cancer card where applicable.
2. Julia Roberts starts both films dead poor, on the bones of her pretty arse and jackjaws hipster lingo in a club with some big haired friend and she takes both rich guys that she will reluctantly fall in love with into her world (some sort of dance club where she will gyrate half naked) and he will look like a fish out of water.
But back to the book for a minute, which is the part of all this that should be more celebrated. Its a great book, a lovely book. Insightful, beautifully written and I loved not only the literary references (and actually thought the added red head/Klimt angle was a welcome addition) but more a concise character development and actual relevance of some of the characters they clearly played down for the film to make the lead star look better. For example, there is no mention of being a lost and jaded kleptomaniac who conducts an illicit affair with Gordon pretty much through the entire book before leaving them both at the end and to the prospect of whether Victor will survive or take his own life. In fact, throughout the film, Julia Roberts is some sort of martyr and heroine, when in fact the reality is much darker. And more enjoyable to witness.
The book is a different journey for sure but the emotions and the empathy are deeper. The characters that the film downsizes are more complex and angst ridden. It is written with a more mature head and intriguing sense of wonder and thought for the time. Take on both book and film and weave in your own opinion. But read the book, I loved it.
Its a cliche and I find myself saying this all the time. I'm like a broken fucking record. But the relationship between the written word and the silver screen (ergo, Hollywood) is a long and much documented story that better people have written better things about but the one thing that irks me the most about falling in love with a book, being a fan from very early, is the treatment said work gets after the 'sell their soul to the corporate devil' and is produced into a shiny marketable thing when a load of moolah and peoples time is thrown at it. And anytime I hear anyone say things along the lines of 'oh, the book/film is better than the book/film' it just sends me off on a tangent.
Before I read and watched 'Dying Young', my main point of annoyance about "money+text+premise to the square root of what marketing executives and major studios want at that particular time for whomever' is Bridget Jones.
I will put my hand up and say I went to the two (at the time) novels after seeing and very much enjoying the first film. My first reaction after finishing the book was 'wait a minute, what film did I just see?'
I closed the book and checked. Yes, there was Renee Wotsit, Mr Darcy and Hugh Grant but where is this character? And where was that in the film? Bridget's mother runs off with some sort of spear-weilding warrior from Africa. Look back at the film, its not there.
Which brings me to a film about a man surviving cancer. And more specifically, how different both versions of the book and film are. And they certainly are versions. Ingested back to back, its like being welcomed into two alternate realities.
First of all, the book universe is set in rural Massachusetts and in the film, we are in San Francisco. Yes, the film companies do this all the time. Jesus, they took the brilliant 'High Fidelity' by Nick Hornby and set the film in Chicago. Its what they call artistic licence. I think its like taking The Sound of Music to Glasgow and letting the two warring football hooligans clash, personally. I mean, who needs nazis? But I don't agree with that at all and would describe it as something liken to gutting a prime sturgeon for its caviar.
Looking at the time in movies at the time and the cast, I cant help but think that this was treated as (and the book was gutted with a big fuck off knife) an ongoing vehicle for both Scott and Roberts. The former was coming off the back of a decent success with grungy Seattle based relationship indie flick, 'Singles' but unfortunately for him, he was overshadowed by the music and the quirkier people around him. And then there was also a reasonably minor hit called, 'Pretty Woman'.
A lot about 'Dying Young' as a film adaptation is about following the success of the mega hit. I'm sorry but I believe this to be true. If you don't believe me, I beg you to indulge me in two points:
1. The general synopsis of both films is 'poor girl makes big in an unfamiliar environment'. Its like hey, you remember that cool chick you liked who was a whore and colored her boots in with black marker pen? Shes back and shed looking after a sick guy. Add cancer card where applicable.
2. Julia Roberts starts both films dead poor, on the bones of her pretty arse and jackjaws hipster lingo in a club with some big haired friend and she takes both rich guys that she will reluctantly fall in love with into her world (some sort of dance club where she will gyrate half naked) and he will look like a fish out of water.
But back to the book for a minute, which is the part of all this that should be more celebrated. Its a great book, a lovely book. Insightful, beautifully written and I loved not only the literary references (and actually thought the added red head/Klimt angle was a welcome addition) but more a concise character development and actual relevance of some of the characters they clearly played down for the film to make the lead star look better. For example, there is no mention of being a lost and jaded kleptomaniac who conducts an illicit affair with Gordon pretty much through the entire book before leaving them both at the end and to the prospect of whether Victor will survive or take his own life. In fact, throughout the film, Julia Roberts is some sort of martyr and heroine, when in fact the reality is much darker. And more enjoyable to witness.
The book is a different journey for sure but the emotions and the empathy are deeper. The characters that the film downsizes are more complex and angst ridden. It is written with a more mature head and intriguing sense of wonder and thought for the time. Take on both book and film and weave in your own opinion. But read the book, I loved it.
July 7, 2020
Vi la peli basada en el libro, con Julia Roberts, y me encantó. Por eso quise leerlo. Pero vaya decepción.
Para empezar, la peli cuenta las cosas de manera cronológica: cómo se conocen, se van enamorando, la enfermedad... pero en el libro Hillary y Víctor ya son pareja desde el principio y lo anterior se va viendo en breves flashbacks.
Y lo que para mí es más grave: los personajes no tienen nada que ver con los de la película. Mientras que Hillary en la peli es una chica fuerte y que no se deja aplastar por los hechos, aquí es una mujer que no deja de autocompadecerse. Víctor en la peli es un cielo, hace que te enamores de él desde el minuto cero. Pero en el libro es un auténtico gilipollas, insoportable, que trata fatal a Hillary. Y no, el estar enfermo de leucemia no lo justifica. No vemos qué ha visto Hillary en él, porque no se soportan. A veces me daba la impresión de que Hillary estaba con él por pena, porque no se atrevía a romper con un enfermo de leucemia. Punto aparte es que la narración y el diálogo no están a la par; hay mucho texto y pocas conversaciones. Mucha introspección de Hillary en la que veo la poca autoestima que tiene y lo imbecil que es Víctor, aparte de que me preguntaba qué rayos pintaba Hillary al lado de semejante tío.
Leí aproximadamente la mitad del libro. Luego le eché un vistazo al final y comprobé que no me había perdido nada.
No es un libro que recomiende. Mejor la peli, la forma en la que está contada supera a la narración del libro, y con creces. El libro me ha decepcionado muchísimo.
Para empezar, la peli cuenta las cosas de manera cronológica: cómo se conocen, se van enamorando, la enfermedad... pero en el libro Hillary y Víctor ya son pareja desde el principio y lo anterior se va viendo en breves flashbacks.
Y lo que para mí es más grave: los personajes no tienen nada que ver con los de la película. Mientras que Hillary en la peli es una chica fuerte y que no se deja aplastar por los hechos, aquí es una mujer que no deja de autocompadecerse. Víctor en la peli es un cielo, hace que te enamores de él desde el minuto cero. Pero en el libro es un auténtico gilipollas, insoportable, que trata fatal a Hillary. Y no, el estar enfermo de leucemia no lo justifica. No vemos qué ha visto Hillary en él, porque no se soportan. A veces me daba la impresión de que Hillary estaba con él por pena, porque no se atrevía a romper con un enfermo de leucemia. Punto aparte es que la narración y el diálogo no están a la par; hay mucho texto y pocas conversaciones. Mucha introspección de Hillary en la que veo la poca autoestima que tiene y lo imbecil que es Víctor, aparte de que me preguntaba qué rayos pintaba Hillary al lado de semejante tío.
Leí aproximadamente la mitad del libro. Luego le eché un vistazo al final y comprobé que no me había perdido nada.
No es un libro que recomiende. Mejor la peli, la forma en la que está contada supera a la narración del libro, y con creces. El libro me ha decepcionado muchísimo.
June 26, 2011
I read this before I saw the movie, and it is so much better! Yes, it's not uplifting per se, but it resonates. The movie basically soft-pedaled everything. The characters here are strong, and make choices that allow them to work through an impossible situation. The ending is one of my all-time favourites. In the movie's defense, it did end that way originally, but test audiences wanted a happy ending.
May 20, 2015
The story of a caretaker and a man dying of lieukemia, and a third man who gains the caretaker's attention, this was a movie with Julia Roberts, and this is the Movie Tie-In. I'm not sure what possessed me to read it way back when, except maybe for a while I had a real fascination with dead/dying characters (I think I was convinced it was romantic).
If you've seen the movie, you've already read this book, but hey.
If you've seen the movie, you've already read this book, but hey.
March 13, 2016
The storyline is better than the movie! It's fast-paced reading.
There are so much details from various description in the book that sometime bored me.
It's a good reading for those who loves a genre of new age.
There are so much details from various description in the book that sometime bored me.
It's a good reading for those who loves a genre of new age.
January 21, 2025
He conectado mucho con el libro aunque no tengo claro por qué. Apenas ocurren cosas y no me identifico nada con los personajes, que son bastante tontos e incapaces de hablar las cosas.
Pero el libro es un viaje increíble. Simplemente trata sobre lo complicada que puede ser la vida. Y siento amor odio por el final.
Pero el libro es un viaje increíble. Simplemente trata sobre lo complicada que puede ser la vida. Y siento amor odio por el final.
-¿Puedo decirte una cosa? - pregunta Víctor. Da un largo suspiro-. Quiero decirte que si no me estuviera muriendo dedicaría una vida a aprender cómo amarte.
A veces creo que nunca podré contar la historia de mi vida con precisión porque la vida sigue y no hay manera de describirla objetivamente. Podría intentarlo, pero es como intentar coger un cristal interminable - ni siquiera puedo asirlo. ¿Cómo voy a saber si hago lo que debo cuando dejo cerrar estrepitosamente la puerta del porche de la casa de Gordon? A lo mejor cuando esté muerta mi alma se sentará en un sitio y hará un recuento de lo que hice y sabrá exactamente qué fue lo que estuvo mal.
La voz de Víctor truena. Dice:
-¡No me digas que no quiero vivir! Claro que quiero vivir. Si pudiera vivir sin esta enfermedad, lo haría, ¿no? Si un suicida pudiera escapar a ciertos horrores sin matarse, ¿no crees que lo haría? El suicidio, y yo no creo que sea eso lo que hago, es la expresión de una especie de voluntad oculta de vivir.
-¿Quién te ha dicho eso?
-Arthur Schopenhauer. Un filósofo del siglo diecinueve.
-¿Qué sabía él? ¡Vivió antes de que tuviéramos quimioterapia!
Al volver a casa procuro no pensar en las particularidades de mi relación con Gordon, pero a pesar de mí misma pienso en las cosas que hemos hecho juntos, de cómo nos hemos sentido. Me pregunto cómo los asuntos amorosos se hacen tan complicados. Me pregunto por qué siento una pena tan profunda. Si hubiera conocido a Gordon antes que a Víctor hubiera comprendido una simple dimensión de lo que constituye el amor e indudablemente me hubiera sentido feliz con ello: el amor que tiene sus raíces en la noción de su propia inmortalidad.
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April 12, 2018
Officially the worst book I've ever read. First, the characters are awful. I mean, how selfish can Hilary be? Cheating on a dying man and then allowing both men to be friends? How cruel is that? And Gordon. Sleeping with a woman who is in a relationship with a man that is dying? So infuriating. As for the actual writing, I feel like the author tried to describe EVERY SINGLE THING in the book WAY too much that the book lacked substance overall. Way too much description, not enough story. I literally feel like nothing happened. By the middle of the book I started skimming just so I could get through it faster and see how it ended. Just terrible.
July 9, 2021
Reading this book was a self- torture. I hated Hilary in the book so much. The first time I saw the film I was fifteen years old and I cried very much and after about fifteen years later, I learned to read in English and could read the book and it was harder to me than the movie. Several times I stopped and cried aloud and get depressed about Victor and his father. In the movie Hillary did love Victor but in the story she didn’t. The film was much better and softer than the book. I want Victor to survive and in the movie he had a chance. The book is so so cruel to Victor.
June 12, 2024
In Dying Young the author provides for the reader a novel of connections, love and heartbreak. It’s a novel of making choices, of living life in our human form with imperfections and doubt, stumbling through when the way is not clear. Told from Hillary’s POV we see her caring for another, her love for Victor and his own deep love and longing for Hillary, and a life without cancer. His brilliance is so evident in Leimbach’s writing. The novel for me is a keeper. If you liked the movie, you may not care for the book. There seems to be little correlation between the two.
May 17, 2025
La mia votazione su questo libro non può davvero andare oltre le 3 stelline, mi dispiace, anche provando a rileggerlo per la seconda volta a distanza di anni, la storia del film (bellissimo e indimenticabile con una Julia Roberts che tocca l'anima) è completamente diversa da quella raccontata nel libro. Non voglio spoilerare niente, mi sento solo di dire che non mi è piaciuto per niente il comportamento di Hilary nei confronti di Victor, e avendo amato il film, penso proprio che se fosse rimasto fedele al libro, di certo non avrebbe riscosso lo stesso successo. 5 ⭐ per il film 💘
November 7, 2025
Een ontzettend bijzonder boek. Het lezen van het boek voelt een soort van doelloos, je snapt ook niet echt waar het heengaat en er gebeurd relatief weinig in. Aan het einde kwam het voor mij eigenlijk allemaal samen, de redenatie waarom Hilary bij Victor blijft en dat een “perfecte” man juist niet altijd perfect is. Het grappige vind ik wel dat er gewoon echt heel weinig gebeurd in het boek maar je wel door blijft lezen, het is zo anders dan een normale roman en dat maakte het voor mij juist zo boeiend.
June 26, 2017
Since I am in love and googly eyed over the movie, I thought the book must be amazing! Everything that I love about the movie is absent from the book and frankly, every character is down right annoying and dysfunctional in the book.
Alas, this one is the exception to the rule. The movie is better than the book. :(
Alas, this one is the exception to the rule. The movie is better than the book. :(
June 20, 2022
Sinceramente este libro no es que no me haya gustado completamente porque me ha transmitido cosas y he podido tener nuevas perspectivas que es lo que me gusta de los libros pero siento que nunca hubo un problema concreto que resolver y aún así ha terminado inconcluso, el final no es el mejor pero siento que no habría otro mejor.
Tengo sentimientos encontrados.
Tengo sentimientos encontrados.
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February 19, 2019
This is one instance where the movie is far better than the book. I know it is horrible to say but by the end I had just wished that a bomb had dropped on them all! I have never really encoutered characters as unlikable as these. Yuck!
December 17, 2022
I rarely write reviews but I felt compelled after experiencing this title. A book literally about nothing, featuring unlikeable characters, their toxic relationships and topped with a disappointing ending. It’s nothing like the movie.
October 21, 2024
3,5/5
Me ha gustado mucho en general. Es una historia dura, donde ves cómo Víctor va rozando la locura poco a poco. Te dejas llevar por la marea de sensaciones que tiene la protagonista y cómo sus reflexiones van teniendo cada vez más sentido según avanza la historia.
Me ha gustado mucho en general. Es una historia dura, donde ves cómo Víctor va rozando la locura poco a poco. Te dejas llevar por la marea de sensaciones que tiene la protagonista y cómo sus reflexiones van teniendo cada vez más sentido según avanza la historia.
July 20, 2018
I love it soo much ❤
May 22, 2021
This is definitely a unique book with a twist of affairs. I never expected the ending to be the way it turned out.
February 29, 2024
Really great book, But the ending is very open. W
November 2, 2025
3.75/5 ✨
September 3, 2021
I read this book because I saw trailer to the movie and thought it would be better to read the book first. It was nothing like I expected. Kinda different from the movie. I was highly disappointed by the characters (esp. their morals). At some points it was kinda like a soap opera. I have to admit I fell in love with few characters who were funny, witty and I enjoyed it every time they were in the scene. By the end some things resolved nicely, but the final ending surprised me. There were few sex scenes, which is not my cup of tea. Overall, it was easy and quick to read. The pacing was fast, quick jumping between scenes, not too much describtions etc.
My personal rant on this book (spoiler alert!)
My personal rant on this book (spoiler alert!)
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February 22, 2015
I had expected more.
Dying young is about a young woman who cares for her dying man but she falls in love with another man. And as if that wasn’t enough, these 2 men become friends. I expected a tragic love story because the book is about a love triangle but in my opinion it is a psychological novel.The story is very detailed,but nevertheless I couldn’t feel empathy with the characters.I think the book would please more older people who have more life experience because for me it was hard to understand some decisions that were made in the story. While I was reading I thought I knew how the story was going to end, but surprisingly the book had a different ending. This story was turned into a movie and the 2 main actors were placed on the cover of the book. I liked it because while I was reading, I could imagine what the characters would be like.
Dying young is about a young woman who cares for her dying man but she falls in love with another man. And as if that wasn’t enough, these 2 men become friends. I expected a tragic love story because the book is about a love triangle but in my opinion it is a psychological novel.The story is very detailed,but nevertheless I couldn’t feel empathy with the characters.I think the book would please more older people who have more life experience because for me it was hard to understand some decisions that were made in the story. While I was reading I thought I knew how the story was going to end, but surprisingly the book had a different ending. This story was turned into a movie and the 2 main actors were placed on the cover of the book. I liked it because while I was reading, I could imagine what the characters would be like.
April 25, 2011
I like to be positive, so I'll start by saying that I liked the way this book was written. The choppy style and scenes kind of happening in short bursts moved the story along quickly. That said, I did not really care for the story.
I should have known that this wasn't going to be my kind of book, but for whatever reason I picked it up anyway.
The drama--with the yelling and breaking of things--reminded me of the cheesiest of the daily soap operas and not in the good this-is-so-corny-it's-funny kind of way. I outright disliked the characters until about page 100 and even then it wasn't so much that I started to like of care about them as much as I just wanted to finish the book.
I should have known that this wasn't going to be my kind of book, but for whatever reason I picked it up anyway.
The drama--with the yelling and breaking of things--reminded me of the cheesiest of the daily soap operas and not in the good this-is-so-corny-it's-funny kind of way. I outright disliked the characters until about page 100 and even then it wasn't so much that I started to like of care about them as much as I just wanted to finish the book.
April 17, 2009
Well, let me first say I love the fresh, choppy style of Leimbach's writing. Great descriptions. That set aside, there wasn't much else I liked about the book. The three main characters were horrible people, all tremendously selfish, much like everyone else in the book. Their values were skewed. They had no respect for each other. The book is basically about the train wreck of their lives. I wasn't a fan.
March 13, 2014
I am so happy I am finally done with this book....I disliked it so much. Obviously, with a title like that, it was indeed very depressing but there was also to me very unrealistic moments. It was bizarre...some parts just did not make sense to me. Nicholas Sparks tells the best stories of this kind of theme, in my opinion. He does a much better job. Sorry, Leimbach.
But the good news is...I can count it in my Goodreads reading goal this year. Lol!
But the good news is...I can count it in my Goodreads reading goal this year. Lol!
September 27, 2009
I was a fan of the movie and saw this on a clearance shelf for $1.
Though I though the movie and book were good, the movie was more uplifting. The movie was truly about living the time you have left. This was appropriately entitled Dying Young. Death should have been its own character.
Also, the other characters were more likeable in the movie.
Though I though the movie and book were good, the movie was more uplifting. The movie was truly about living the time you have left. This was appropriately entitled Dying Young. Death should have been its own character.
Also, the other characters were more likeable in the movie.
June 12, 2011
Mix feelings. It was good, yes, but tough. I had to put it down several times, and I was in no rush to finish it. But as soon as I reach the part with the lovetriangle I couldn't put the book down. I actually think that the first half of the book was quite boring but as I reached the end it was so touching I started to cry (I get very emotional with books). The book gets three stars from me.
November 26, 2013
"In my mind I see Victor, stubbing out his cigarette, staring at our apartment's oak door. He is wearing an expression I have never seen before, a private face, vivid, nervous, not to be shared. He is taking an awful long time to stand and go inside, but he is going."
September 6, 2010
Much better, though certainly more depressing, than the movie.
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