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Summary: My Outragous Experience
Review: This book is a very spectacular romance/mystery.I recommend this book to anyone who loves phenomenal romances.Before I read this book,I thought it was going to be boring.But after the second chapter,I knew this wasn't so.Levy's characters really play well with the story.Their actions make the book more alive.The book is so extraordinary that it makes you feel every emotion,especially the accident in chapter two.Whenever I read that realistic accident scene,it causes me to stop breathing.Toward the end of the book I was crying so hard that I just couldn't read anymore.After I finished the book,I figured out that life is a mystery and anything strange can happen when people least expect it.
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Summary: "Very wonderful story"
Review: Wow, I am not a cynical person, I don't belive in fairy tales they are nice to read but, yeah right, the tooth fairy nope, pots of gold at the end of rainbows,or santa no no no. However, I do believe in this book in this story; "If Only it Were True". The book was so wonderful, I would love to meet the writer. I would like to write a first time book that makes you cry, that makes you laugh out loud, and one that makes you believe. Believe in love, believe in self, that makes you believe in a much higher entity. I loved reading this book. I loved the way he discribed Arthur and his mother and Arthur and Lauren. Each person it seems either hated it or loved it, but to each his/her own. I loved it and will go out and buy it in a heart beat. I hope Marc reads this review I loved your book. Keep writing you have inspired me. Peace
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Summary: A fun book!
Review: Aside from probably losing something in the translation, this was a fun and pleasant book to read. To those who thought the plot was farfetched, here's a reminder - there are no rules in a fantasy. Remember how much fun the movie "Ghost" was? This book is along the same lines, and a pleasant one-day reading.
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Summary: If Only It Were Good...
Review: I don't get this book. I too was sucked in by the coverlines that hailed it as an international bestseller and I thought it must be a sweet tale with something extra, maybe like The Little Prince, a book I loved. But this book was so bland, so amateurly written, so obvious that it's hard to believe it was published. Yes, I can see it as a movie with Julia Roberts, as someone else here suggested, but only if they hired a really witty screenwriter who could make this leaden prose sparkle. I like sweet stories but please give me some originality with my sugar. Yuck!
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Summary: Didn't sparkle
Review: I just finished this book, and though it may have been terribly innovative to the readers in Europe, it seemed like just another formulaic American romance novel to me. Formulaic, but without the sparkle of the best of the romance genre...Spencer, Phillips, Mittman, etc. The story didn't seem to make the unbelievable believable. The premise and the potential were the, but the characters never grabbed me, I knew the ending all along, so I wasn't terribly motivated to turn the pages. If it hadn't been so short, I'm not sure I would have finished it at all. However, the author has potential, and I would not discount further works by him.
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Summary: Magical book
Review: This book was one of the best books I have read in a while. I am 16 years old and I don't read much anymore unless it is a book I really get into, if not I just skim over it, but this was an awesome book! It really touches you, it gives you tingles, because what if it really was true that a person in a coma really was walking around. I definetely recommend this book!!
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Summary: All things are possible if you believe
Review: "What do you do when you find a stranger in your closet and she tells you that her body is in a coma across town? Should you send her to a psychiatrist? Consult one yourself? Or do you believe, and allow yourself to be swept up in an extraordinary adventure?" This is the basic premise behind the debut novel by Frenchman Marc Levy.Arthur is an architect who discovers Lauren when he moves into her now vacant apartment. She isn't a spirit as Arthur can hear and see her clearly....but, he is the only one. His best friend thinks he is having a nervous breakdown and others in the community thik he's nuts because he always seems to be talking to himself. Over the course of this book, Arthur grows to be very fond of Lauren and vows to help save her from having her feeding tube removed - no matter how illegal it might be. I won't go into details about what happened next, as I think I would give too much away. However, I was very surprised with the ending - not what I expected! I visualized this in my mind as a movie, but have yet to cast anyone in the lead roles!! I enjoyed this book, even if the plot seemed a little far fetched. I finished it in one weekend, and I look forward to more books by this very talented author!!
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Summary: Great Easy Read!
Review: While the premise of this story is farfetched Marc Levy leads you into it so skillfully that you are totally engrossed with the characters without considering how improbable the story line is. I read it straight through in one day - couldn't wait to see how it ended. Marc Levy has you looking at the world (and relationships) through the eyes of Jessie. It gives you a new appreciation for things you may be taking for granted.
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Summary: Fairy Tale in San Francisco
Review: From beginning to end, I loved this book! It is a short quick read that creates a magical romantic spell. The hope that true love is something which surpasses our physical existence is supreme; and this book addresses that hope of the heart. Because the book is set in San Francisco with a brief interlude to Carmel, it's seems SO American! It is all the more remarkable knowing it is a translation from the original French. Yes, there are small inconsistencies which the more literally-minded among us might interpret as barriers to accepting the simple story. But the construction of the tale and its reversal at the end are great moments. Enjoy this book. It is a rare gem and a treasure! [Note: This is my second attempt to review this. Should the other try subsequently turn up, sorry for the rerun! But that's how good this book is that I waited 10 days and came back to try again!]
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Summary: Not as good as I had hoped
Review: This book had been on my "to read" list for a while, because I was intrigued with the concept. However, the book did not meet my expectations. It was obvious that English was not the writer's first language - his sometimes cumbersome word and phrase choices took me out of the fantasy. And I guess that's the bottom-line for me. This book requires the reader to suspend his/her disbelief a great deal. I can usually do this *very* easily, but wasn't able to with this book. Therefore, I never really "bought" the story.
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