Normally I really like books because of the plot or the characters I can really connect with. This time I had a different kind of feeling. I think I liked this book so much because it kept me reading. It read like a train and I wasn't able to stop the train or jump from it.
Author Bill Rolfe writes a beautiful story for us, he once saw in a dream. A story without unnecessary elements (I like that a lot). A good story... nothing more, nothing less. A story about two people who happen to meet in somewhat strange circumstances (although... they weren't that strange... I once had a teacher who met his wife in hospital where he lay after an accident). In this story we meet Daniel Clay, a typical New Yorker. Work is the only thing on his mind. He doesn't have a family, he doesn't have a warm home to get back to every evening, so he just keeps on working till he drops. When Daniel inherits a cottage in England there's needed more than persuasion to get him there. Luckily his tutor at work had a big influence and almost forces him to take a break from work. Reluctantly Daniel books a ticket to Europe and there he finds the woman who can give him the family and warm nest he always missed without knowing it.
Do not think this is an ordinary love story (hmm, can love stories be ordinary?? ;p). There's more to it... We find in Daniel a man who finally discovers what's really important in life and afterwards almost loses this newfound treasure. Will Daniel be able to keep his new love, his health and his job? Or will he have to give up on one of them?
I recommand this book to different types of readers, but mostly to the lovers of love stories. This doesn't mean there's only one "genre" to be put on this book... Author Bill Rolfe writes in a no-nonsense kind of way which can be appreciated by lots of readers. He just keeps on writing the main plot without getting distracted, without the need to fill more pages, without the idea the readers wants more mysteries. It's just a good book and that's the reason why I think it deserves 5 stars.
Don't think I always give books 4 and 5 stars. It's not because I'm in a good mood either ;). Maybe these people just provide us readers good books and we need to thank them by giving some stars and good comment...
Maybe I do have to add one "negative" comment. Although it's not negative at all... It's just that I don't really get the title. The book is called "The living room" while it tells us the story about a special bedroom in the house Daniel inherited. Would "the bedroom" be a better title? Probably not... People would probably suspect strange things. Ok, I understand the reason now :p
Author Bill Rolfe writes a beautiful story for us, he once saw in a dream. A story without unnecessary elements (I like that a lot). A good story... nothing more, nothing less. A story about two people who happen to meet in somewhat strange circumstances (although... they weren't that strange... I once had a teacher who met his wife in hospital where he lay after an accident).
In this story we meet Daniel Clay, a typical New Yorker. Work is the only thing on his mind. He doesn't have a family, he doesn't have a warm home to get back to every evening, so he just keeps on working till he drops. When Daniel inherits a cottage in England there's needed more than persuasion to get him there. Luckily his tutor at work had a big influence and almost forces him to take a break from work. Reluctantly Daniel books a ticket to Europe and there he finds the woman who can give him the family and warm nest he always missed without knowing it.
Do not think this is an ordinary love story (hmm, can love stories be ordinary?? ;p). There's more to it... We find in Daniel a man who finally discovers what's really important in life and afterwards almost loses this newfound treasure. Will Daniel be able to keep his new love, his health and his job? Or will he have to give up on one of them?
I recommand this book to different types of readers, but mostly to the lovers of love stories. This doesn't mean there's only one "genre" to be put on this book... Author Bill Rolfe writes in a no-nonsense kind of way which can be appreciated by lots of readers. He just keeps on writing the main plot without getting distracted, without the need to fill more pages, without the idea the readers wants more mysteries. It's just a good book and that's the reason why I think it deserves 5 stars.
Don't think I always give books 4 and 5 stars. It's not because I'm in a good mood either ;). Maybe these people just provide us readers good books and we need to thank them by giving some stars and good comment...
Maybe I do have to add one "negative" comment. Although it's not negative at all... It's just that I don't really get the title. The book is called "The living room" while it tells us the story about a special bedroom in the house Daniel inherited. Would "the bedroom" be a better title? Probably not... People would probably suspect strange things. Ok, I understand the reason now :p