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paddlefoot55 's review for:
The Best of Adam Sharp
by Graeme Simsion
Copy received via Netgalley for an honest review
I am a huge fan of The Rosie series, however if you are expecting a light, fun and flirty book like those two books, you will be disappointed. However, you might like the something different that is The Best Of Adam Sharp.
This is a book about love, loss, the one that got away. However it is also a story that has you wondering, is the one that got away really the one you want?
Adam and Angelina's story is told in 2 parts 22 years apart. I am not going to lie, it felt like it was 2 different stories at times, and that I really don't think I liked the second part of the story (the present day) that much.
I really enjoyed the first half set in 1989, with Adam and Angelina finding each other and falling in love. However the second half of the story, I don't know. I just didn't feel it. I particularly disliked Angelina in the present day, tome she felt selfish and narcissistic and I am not sure if I liked her at all. But this could just be me.
To me, Adam felt more real. His feelings and actions were more realistic, and there was so much more growth in his character than Angelina.
That being said though, I did struggle to feel the connection between A & A as well. We were told they were in love, but I just couldn't see it. It felt more like lust than love.
Ugh, this makes it sound like I didn't like the story at all, however this is far from the case - if I didn't like it, I wouldn't have finished it! It just lacked something to me that I just can't put my finger on exactly what it is.
Whilst this book did lack for me, it will not stop me reading this author in the future.

I am a huge fan of The Rosie series, however if you are expecting a light, fun and flirty book like those two books, you will be disappointed. However, you might like the something different that is The Best Of Adam Sharp.
This is a book about love, loss, the one that got away. However it is also a story that has you wondering, is the one that got away really the one you want?
Adam and Angelina's story is told in 2 parts 22 years apart. I am not going to lie, it felt like it was 2 different stories at times, and that I really don't think I liked the second part of the story (the present day) that much.
I really enjoyed the first half set in 1989, with Adam and Angelina finding each other and falling in love. However the second half of the story, I don't know. I just didn't feel it. I particularly disliked Angelina in the present day, tome she felt selfish and narcissistic and I am not sure if I liked her at all. But this could just be me.
To me, Adam felt more real. His feelings and actions were more realistic, and there was so much more growth in his character than Angelina.
That being said though, I did struggle to feel the connection between A & A as well. We were told they were in love, but I just couldn't see it. It felt more like lust than love.
Ugh, this makes it sound like I didn't like the story at all, however this is far from the case - if I didn't like it, I wouldn't have finished it! It just lacked something to me that I just can't put my finger on exactly what it is.
Whilst this book did lack for me, it will not stop me reading this author in the future.
