Title: The Girl You Left Behind
Author: Jojo Moyes
Series/Standalone: Standalone
Genre: Historical Fiction, Adult, Romance
Pages: 480
Publisher: Penguin Books
Year Published: 2012
Format: Audiobook
"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars, a sweeping bestseller of love and loss, deftly weaving two journeys from World War I France to present day London.
Paris, World War I. Sophie Lefevre must keep her family safe while her adored husband, Edouard, fights at the front. When their town falls to the Germans, Sophie is forced to serve them every evening at her hotel. From the moment the new Kommandant sets eyes on Sophie's portrait- painted by her artist husband- a dangerous obsession is born.
Almost a century later in London, Sophie's portrait hangs in the home of Liv Halston, a wedding gift from her young husband before his sudden death. After a chance encounter reveals the portrait's true worth, a battle begins over its troubled history and Liv's world is turned upside all over again."
My Rating: 2.5/5
I remember hearing about this book from someone, and to be honest I'm not even sure where I heard about it. The concept interested me. The idea of a painting that has travelled and how it got where it is interesting to me. The problem for me was that the characters just weren't fleshed out enough. I felt that they were made intentionally sad, which is fine, but I was more told to feel sad for them then truly shown their suffering in any way. There just wasn't enough connection for me. I felt like the character of Sophie was the character that I connected the most with and even then that wasn't until closer to the end of the story. Overall, I found that this book was just ok. I wouldn't really recommend it unless you're really pulled in by plot lines alone.
Thanks for reading,
Sidny
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