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I am not a romance reader but this was a very sweet story of 2 people in love during WWII. I wasn't crazy of the excess romance in the middle of the book but it was still an A read for me.


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A Song in the Daylight 9780007305575 Books Reviews

I have read all the previous Paullina Simons books and found them good holiday reads but this one was such a disappointment. Firstly it could do with some serious editing, the long sections of discussion between the friends about the meaning of life just seemed over indulgent and boring and added nothing to the plot.
WARNING THIS PART OF THE REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS
The first half of the story was ok and I enjoyed the detailed account of Larissa's life but there were some major flaws in the second half after she leaves. Her decision to leave was only forced by her lover deciding in May that he wanted to leave and yet her husband later finds out that she had secretly been withdrawing money for a year in preparation for leaving when none of this had been indicated previously. I also found the lack of focus on the feelings of the children and the ease with which they seemed to have accepted her disappearance simply ludicrous. The whole part of the book set in Australia was just incredibly dull and didn't seem well written at all. Such a shame to be looking forward to a book by a previously enjoyed author and then struggle through 700+ disappointing pages hoping that the ending would somehow make up for it and then to find it didn't!!
I normally love Paullina Simons but this book was so depressing. I hated the main female character very early on and all I can say is the old proverb of "You reap what you sow" was so applicable to her.
Anything written by this author is always an incredible read. Just wish she could write faster. Waiting for newest book to be released in October 2013
After Bronze Horseman...this is probably Paulina's best book. A very provoking story - the big question....what could possibly make a mother leave her children?! What could possibly be worth THAT!
A good read
I gulped this book over two days (thank you Mr )and it's certainly a page turner, though some pages turned much more quickly than others, I must confess, notably those with the long philosophical discussions and again the last bit where Larissa is stream of conscious-nessing her way to whatever her final fate is (left unsatisfactorily clear although by then I was a bit sick of her and hoping she would just expire in the desert beside the unlamented Kai and get it over with) The first part of the book is what grabbed me and then I kept going, although with rising irritation, to see how Ms Simmons would resolve it all. But, having inhaled it, and it does suck you in, it left a weird disgruntlement and the flaws began to prickle at my brain leaving me more irritated than anything else. Reading this book was like gobbling a whole chocolate bar - great while you're doing it but unsettling and unsatisfactory and faintly nauseating when you've finished it.
First, the relationship with Kai, after the first fine fire of passion, wasn't even remotely convincing. He just wasn't an interesting enough character to justify Larissa (educated, cultured, refined - cf all that philosophy and Shakespeare) chucking her whole life away on. And it was just not credible that her brain would be so fried by lust that she would FORGET that her dear friend was in extremis with kidney disease. Also, the children's reaction to her departure was implausibly muted it was particularly incredible (in the not-believable sense) that the younger son, a little boy of seven or so, would be so philosophical about it and that the daughter (previously characterised as in the grip of adolescent angst) would not be more emotional. The older son becomes withdrawn but that's about as much as we are told about his response to his mother's abrupt defection.
And then there's the matter of her being too dim to sense Kai's retreat from the relationship. The final revelation of his perfidy and betrayal came as such a surprise to her that I wondered if she hadn't suffered some brain injury that impaired her perception. Oh and what was with the angst and indecision before she decided (only a week before her actual departure) to leave her husband and family but then we discover that she's been squirreling away money FOR A YEAR, and has got herself a new passport and drivers licence in advance of going. Not very consistent plotting there. And, boy, did I get sick of the roll call/checklist of her designer apparel and accessories (which luxuries and comforts she renounced with suspicious ease).
The whole Philippines interlude was also contrived and unsatisfactory; she went there, she developed a relationship with the abandoned child of her (other) so-called best friend only to do a bunk and leave this kid behind, too, (another child also seemingly not too devastated by Larissa's love-em-and-leave-em MO). And the Australia of her perception is so backward that mail takes weeks to get to Kai? Oh and give me a break that they (not to mention the private detective also seduced by the charms of the Antipodes) could be in Australia illegally FOR YEARS living and working in a high profile tourist venture (despite the fact that she and Kai had previously discussed the impossibility of living in the black economy in the US; why on earth would it be easier in Australia?)
While being curiously addictive reading, this book left me peeved and frustrated. Perhaps a more serious editing job might have lifted it from the airport novel genre into something a little more satisfactory.
Beautiful heart wrenching story. I love Paullina's writing and this book did not disappoint. The dialog between characters is extensive and sometimes pointless, making the reasons slow and tedious. The book could've done without it and that's why I give it 3 stars.
Well this certainly was not what I expected and PaullinaSimons has done it again. I expected a romance novel but if your looking for a cookie cutter romance this is not it! I wouldn't even classify it as a romance, it's about making choices and what the consequences of those choices are. Larissa is a woman who has everything an ideal marriage, 3 great kids, a financially secure life and a husband who loves her. To everyone including herself everything seems ideal. Until a chance encounter with a stranger makes her question her life. From that day forward her choices will change her and her family's lives forever.

The subject matter was an interesting one, "What would you sacrifice to start over?" I would have given this 5 stars but the parts of the book where the friends contemplate the meaning of life became a bit redundant. At times I found myself skipping some of these conversations. If you've read Paullina Simons books before you will find that she does an excellent job giving you a lead character that is flawed and has to face difficult choices. This makes them more real. Overall I would recommend this book.
I am not a romance reader but this was a very sweet story of 2 people in love during WWII. I wasn't crazy of the excess romance in the middle of the book but it was still an A read for me.