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A review by lifeinthebooklane
Charlie by Elin Peer
4.0
The thing I love most about Elin Peer's work is just how darn unpredictable it is.
I've been stuck in the reading doldrums. You wouldn't suspect from my review list because I have managed to finish a few books over the last two weeks, but you wouldn't believe just how many books I've started and DNF'd. Book after book had left me struggling to connect with the characters or just plain care about what would happen next. Until I picked up Charlie, and in this I found a book that I didn't want to put down. From the very first chapter I was totally engaged by both Liv and Charlie, desperate to know how their story would unfold.
At one point I was certain I knew what would cause friction between Charlie and Liv, I was just waiting for the other shoe to drop. Ha! Just how wrong was I, and that is the beauty of this author's work. The journey she takes you on is never the obvious one, yet it is always absolutely the perfect one and one where I wouldn't change a thing.
I found myself totally smitten by both main characters, so much so that I cast aside my usual issues with super speedy (though not quite insta) falling-in-love, totally embracing the speed with which this couple formed a connection. It helped that the pair had some prior history but mainly it was the fantastic writing that engaged my emotions along with my mind. There are depths and layers to this story, the unwrapping of which made this a book that will stay with me long after I read the last lines.
I've been stuck in the reading doldrums. You wouldn't suspect from my review list because I have managed to finish a few books over the last two weeks, but you wouldn't believe just how many books I've started and DNF'd. Book after book had left me struggling to connect with the characters or just plain care about what would happen next. Until I picked up Charlie, and in this I found a book that I didn't want to put down. From the very first chapter I was totally engaged by both Liv and Charlie, desperate to know how their story would unfold.
At one point I was certain I knew what would cause friction between Charlie and Liv, I was just waiting for the other shoe to drop. Ha! Just how wrong was I, and that is the beauty of this author's work. The journey she takes you on is never the obvious one, yet it is always absolutely the perfect one and one where I wouldn't change a thing.
I found myself totally smitten by both main characters, so much so that I cast aside my usual issues with super speedy (though not quite insta) falling-in-love, totally embracing the speed with which this couple formed a connection. It helped that the pair had some prior history but mainly it was the fantastic writing that engaged my emotions along with my mind. There are depths and layers to this story, the unwrapping of which made this a book that will stay with me long after I read the last lines.