Riley - Das Mädchen im Licht -: Roman (German Edition)

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And when that complete stranger fucks her over? T I have done something I swore never to do, which was, after the first 4 chapters, I skipped to the end of the book. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I have no patience for such painful, tedious writing, and the modern heroine is completely insipid.

Anyone with a brain knew Sebastian was a scoundrel. It was so obvious, I skimmed ahead and saw I was right, but that reveal isn't for another couple hundred pages. I have to interest to watch Emilie get suckered by him. It's a shame; the setting and concept are interesting. Too bad a better writer didn't write it. This title showed up in my search, and with the high Goodreads rating, I gave it a try.

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I was not familiar with the author, and had I delved deeper or viewed her sappy book covers I would have realized her propensity towards summer beach romance novels. Predictable plot, half-witted heroine and a manuscript desperate for an editor. Ein Herrenhaus in der Provence, eine adelige Familie und eine schicksalhafte Liebe in dunklen Zeiten. Was kann noch dazu gesagt werden: Tut mir Leid, das ist einfach so. Dieses Buch hat gute Seiten, ich habe es bis Seite geschafft bevor ich gestreikt habe.

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Es war einfach so vorhersehbar und schlicht… ausgelutscht. Eine Weiterempfehlung gibt es aber definitiv keine! I got this this ARC at a book club event, because the locations and times of the story sounded interesting. But I could tell from the very start that Sebastian was up to no good, and I really didn't like how Emelie just gave herself over to him, financial decisions and all.

Julia Drosten

It was patently obvious he was a gold-digger. I got about 60 pages in right after the proposal , but my suspicions were too stong, so I skimmed ahead to the latter part of the book and my suspicions were confirmed. I suppose the middle part, taking place during WWII might have been interesting, but I just cannot I invest time into a book with such poor plotting and characters.

Life is too short to read bad books! Once again, I was expecting a book that explored a woman's struggle for independence and identity within a traditional, patriarchal social structure, for that is what the description promised, but once again, our protagonist was reduced to a one-dimensional character in a romance story. Authors seem to tease the reader with potential for interesting characters only to fall back on tedious, predictable plots and gendered tropes. Main character is completely snowed by a stranger and ends up marrying him.

Ending is entirely too neat and convenient. Frankly-- she doesn't deserve the good ending. The people that work for her do. The beginning wastes way too much time with her worrying about money and the debts left by her dead one-note-character mother. But then, midway in, she's suddenly and conveniently wealthy. There are a lot of inconsistencies. Beginning has too much telling for me. Introduction poetry was good, though. Historien fra krigens dager er super. Mar 08, Joanna M. Hated this book and couldn't work up the enthusiasm to finish it.

The Light Behind the Window

Could not get into this at all. The description sounded very appealing, but I was bored stiff by the end of chapter one. Not my thing at all, unfortunately.

Sep 24, Shona Dickson rated it did not like it Shelves: I found this really boring; the characters lacked depth, there was lack of emotion and the writing was overly simple and descriptive. Tami Fleischacker rated it did not like it Feb 08, Melanie rated it did not like it Jul 01, Fatou Ndiaye rated it did not like it Mar 20, Dhyana rated it did not like it Oct 02, Margaret May rated it did not like it Jan 09, Nicola strong rated it did not like it Jan 14, Customer reviews There are no customer reviews yet.

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