Just Another Book Addict =): 5 Reasons to Leave a Lover

Quote of the Week

"When adults say, 'Teenages think they are invincible' with taht sly, stupid smile on their faces, they don't know how right they are. We need never be hopeless, because we can never be irreparably broken. We think that we are invincible because we are. We cannot be born, and we cannot die. Like all energy, we can only change shapes and sizes and manifestations. They forget that when they get old. They get scared of losing and failing. But that part of us greater than the sum of our parts cannot begin and cannot end, and so it cannot fail."

Looking for Alaska by John Green

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

5 Reasons to Leave a Lover

Author: Carolyn Moncel
Published: September 5th 2011 by Mondave Communications via CreateSpace (first published May 31st 2011)
My Edition: Kindle
Married, I believe.
Title Thoughts: It's fine.
Cover Thoughts: I like it.

Goodreads:
In 5 Reasons to Leave a Lover, author Carolyn Moncel offers up a fresh batch of stories based on love and loss. As singer/songwriter, Paul Simon so eloquently suggested in a famous song from the 1970s, there are many ways to leave a lover. However, Moncel's characters demonstrate that the reasons for leaving in the first place are quite finite. Encounters in Paris` Ellery and Julien Roulet return, picking up their lives where the short story, "Pandora`s Box Revisited," ends. This time the Roulets are involved in a love triangle, and along with two other couples, must explore how love relationships are affected and splinter due to abuse, ambivalence, deception, cheating and death. This bittersweet collection of tales proves that some breakups are necessary; while others are voluntary; and still others are simply destined and beyond anyone's control.

I don't really know what to say about this book. I didn't develop feelings for the characters. Sure, I felt bad for them and what they were going through, but that was it. It was as if I was detached from their lives. This is a story I'd rather be attached to the characters and live their lives with them instead of being a bystander.
This is a relatively quick read and the writing is great. However, there were some instantances that I wish the French terms were explained. There were a couple that I couldn't pick up just by the way it was spelled or in context. If I did have an idea, I wanted to be sure. Being unsure left me sort of bleh.

Addict's Last Words: 5 Reasons to Leave a Lover wasn't really the read for me. It may be a read for you though!

To Buy or To Borrow: Borrow.
Disclosure: A copy of this book was provided for me by the author. No payment was received by me in exchange for this review. There was not any obligation to write a positive review. All opinions expressed here are entirely mine and may not necessarily agree with those of the author, the book's publisher and publicist, or the readers of this review. This disclosure is in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255, Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.