Shery Kime-Goodwin

Interesting Prose - First-hand source

Revisado: 03-07-23

The prose style and the book’s format are very untraditional, so I think it was easier to process Taylor’s narrative by having someone read the text aloud to me. Some VERY iconic Beatles and 60’s stories from a first hand reliable, albeit tactful narrator who was there and who was a friend of the Fabs.

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Not a typical Kleypas novel

Revisado: 03-17-20

(Warning—spoilers) I usually love anything Kleypas writes but the heroine in this one is so standoffish! She was no fun and the twist with the hero at the end was creepy to me. Read her Ravenel series or Bow Street Runners series or Wall Flowers series—-all way better than this. Also, generally I like this narrator but she sounded a limitless too dramatic at points..

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The chapters are out of order

Revisado: 08-20-19

For some reason the chapters are out of order and this ruins it as well as it doesn’t start with the perseverance of the Indians that meet Columbus

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Accents were terrible

Revisado: 06-03-19

The story was good but the narrator was terrible. When she was trying to do an English accent, she would slip into a southern accent. She kept pronouncing “mama” like she was doing an Elvis impression. Clearly did not know to emphasize second syllable with English accent.

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IT was good

Revisado: 02-10-18

It was good 🤷‍♂️



What else do I say I liked the book and the person reading it

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Very Well Written--Enjoyable

Revisado: 05-21-09

If you like Paris, you'll enjoy listening to this book as some of the events in the story unfold at famous attractions throughout Paris and the descriptions of Paris life in general just really spark the mood to make you want to go to Paris. Tremain's characters are fascinating especially as they are seen through the eyes of the main character,13-year old Louis. Louis is intelligent with a creative mind and because of his age, he is granted a sort of immunity in that he is allowed into the lives of people that might not necessarily allow him access on other circumstances. As a result, Louis actually becomes a fairly competent investigator, something that becomes necessary after Valentina disappears, and espeically since no one else seems to be too concerned by her disappearance. Louis's encounters with Moynelle, Valentina's neighbor, with Violette, the maid, and with Gregory, Valentina's Russian boyfriend/author add much to the story and also Valentina herself is quite an enignma so as Louis gets to know her through is own interactions with her as well as what he learns from others, you come to understand her humanity and his love for her. Also, if a dog can be a character in a story, then Tremain has done it very effectively through Sergei the Irish setter. If you're of a more conservative mind, you might not like this story because it does involve a 13 year old's attraction to a woman in her forties and there is some reciprocity of that attraction. However, since this is a coming of age story, I appreciated the relationship that developed between the two and thought it was a great story.

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