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A review by allthatissim
Letters from Skye by Jessica Brockmole
4.0
My rating: 4 super Stars
"If you knew how it feels to run after someone for a brief snatch of time, how the world stops spinning, just for a moment, when you hold them in your arms, and then starts again so fast that you fall to the ground, dizzy. If you knew how every hello hurts more than a hundred goodbyes. If you knew... A letter isn't always just a letter. Words on the page can drench the soul. If only you knew."
There are some books which have a good story and keep you entertained till the end. But then there are a few which are not only good but make you feel the emptions and live the lives of those characters. [a:Jessica Brockmole|6561195|Jessica Brockmole|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1446817108p2/6561195.jpg]'s [b:Letters from Skye|18460071|Letters from Skye|Jessica Brockmole|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1421332892s/18460071.jpg|21908689] was one of such book for me.
This book was unique in the way that the whole story was in the form of letters. Every and each part was in letters. The story is spanning over WWI and WWII. Two different eras are going simultaneously and the love story and lives of Elspeth Dunn and David Graham has been told and captured beautifully.
This story is basically about a poet and her fan who fell in love with each other through their letters. Time tested their love at various occasions. There were relationships sacrificed and families destroyed by the choices they made for the sake of their love, during the WWI. Then there is another story going simultaneously about Elspeth's daughter and her love during WWII. She tries to find the "first imprint" of her mother's life, as she knows nothing about her life while on Skye, through her mother's letters and her uncle.
Rather than explaining the story, I would like to explain more about how I felt while reading this book. Reading every letter , every conversation in it looked real.
"If I gave it all to you, you wouldn't be able to leave. Not that I would've given you any less of myself. How could I?"
Each word in each letter felt real. But there were complications in their lives. How they handle it, how they sacrifice everything for their love, how they deal with their fears- this is a story about that.
"You are the reason I frown at the sunrise and smile at the sunset. Frown because I have to face the day alone, without you by my side. Smile because that's one less day we have to spend apart."
I really liked the story because it was a totally different experience. I haven't read anything so unique as a story told in letters. I agree that in the middle the story was a bit slow. But as it progressed towards end, it took the pace and damn!! There was a twist that I didn't expected and made it a happy ending after a few more twists and turns.
For me, the characters were built superbly. The emotions, confusions and fears portrayed were very real.
"Please don't give away your heart without realising it, because, my sweet girl, you may never get it back."
I would recommend it to everyone who need a light romance read and that too a different one. Its going to be one of my favorites for 2017. [a:Jessica Brockmole|6561195|Jessica Brockmole|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1446817108p2/6561195.jpg] has done a beautiful job for a debut novel.
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"If you knew how it feels to run after someone for a brief snatch of time, how the world stops spinning, just for a moment, when you hold them in your arms, and then starts again so fast that you fall to the ground, dizzy. If you knew how every hello hurts more than a hundred goodbyes. If you knew... A letter isn't always just a letter. Words on the page can drench the soul. If only you knew."
There are some books which have a good story and keep you entertained till the end. But then there are a few which are not only good but make you feel the emptions and live the lives of those characters. [a:Jessica Brockmole|6561195|Jessica Brockmole|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1446817108p2/6561195.jpg]'s [b:Letters from Skye|18460071|Letters from Skye|Jessica Brockmole|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1421332892s/18460071.jpg|21908689] was one of such book for me.
This book was unique in the way that the whole story was in the form of letters. Every and each part was in letters. The story is spanning over WWI and WWII. Two different eras are going simultaneously and the love story and lives of Elspeth Dunn and David Graham has been told and captured beautifully.
This story is basically about a poet and her fan who fell in love with each other through their letters. Time tested their love at various occasions. There were relationships sacrificed and families destroyed by the choices they made for the sake of their love, during the WWI. Then there is another story going simultaneously about Elspeth's daughter and her love during WWII. She tries to find the "first imprint" of her mother's life, as she knows nothing about her life while on Skye, through her mother's letters and her uncle.
Rather than explaining the story, I would like to explain more about how I felt while reading this book. Reading every letter , every conversation in it looked real.
"If I gave it all to you, you wouldn't be able to leave. Not that I would've given you any less of myself. How could I?"
Each word in each letter felt real. But there were complications in their lives. How they handle it, how they sacrifice everything for their love, how they deal with their fears- this is a story about that.
"You are the reason I frown at the sunrise and smile at the sunset. Frown because I have to face the day alone, without you by my side. Smile because that's one less day we have to spend apart."
I really liked the story because it was a totally different experience. I haven't read anything so unique as a story told in letters. I agree that in the middle the story was a bit slow. But as it progressed towards end, it took the pace and damn!! There was a twist that I didn't expected and made it a happy ending after a few more twists and turns.
For me, the characters were built superbly. The emotions, confusions and fears portrayed were very real.
"Please don't give away your heart without realising it, because, my sweet girl, you may never get it back."
I would recommend it to everyone who need a light romance read and that too a different one. Its going to be one of my favorites for 2017. [a:Jessica Brockmole|6561195|Jessica Brockmole|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1446817108p2/6561195.jpg] has done a beautiful job for a debut novel.
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