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The Secret Papers Of Madame Olivetti (2008)

by Annie Vanderbilt(Favorite Author)

3.01 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0451225279 (ISBN13: 9780451225276)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

NAL Trade

review 1: You CAN put this book down. It's a slow read with a slow moving plot. Lily Crisp is writing something like a memoir in Southern France, and her writing in the book is moving a lot quicker than the rest of the novel, which is annoying me as a reader. I want to know what is going on in her life NOW, rather than what has already happened. Granted, as a reader one may need this information to understand Lily's character and decisions later on in the novel, but it's taking too long to get interesting.
review 2: I took The Secret Papers of Madame Olivetti with me as a vacation read. I was looking for a light read to help pass the time of a very long car ride. Wow, I really should have read the book description a little closer before choosing it as my companion for th... moree journey! The brightly colored cover looked fun and whimsical…not so much the story. It was sad and a little depressing. Definitely, not a let’s party like it’s 1999, kinda book.I felt for Lily, the centerpiece of the book. We see her life from the beginning all the way through middle age. Joy and grief. Reflection and despair. They all play a part in her life and shape her as she goes along. She makes some not so smart choices, enough to where you feel like hitting her upside the head; however, if you try not to judge her, you begin to understand what drives her decisions. This book made me very sad and a little “book depressed.” Another time, another place and it may have been the perfect book for the occasion, but as I was in the midst of trying to have fun on my vacation…all it did was drag me down. Still, I hung in there to finish it and am glad that I did, because I always want to give the writer my all in appreciation for their hard work. It is certainly worth a go if you are interested, just be forewarned that there’s no frivolity in sight! less

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