The Other Story
By Tatiana De Rosnay
This novel is by the author of "Sarah's Key", which was a great book. This book, however, does not come close to being great.
The story of an a man who becomes a famous author very young. He goes to an exclusive Italian resort for the weekend, trying to kickstart his second novel. Over the course of three days there, he relives many things from his life that haunt him in different ways.
The book was full of useless detail, long paragraphs (which I generally skip over), some as long as two pages. The plot was slow, and not much really happens. The main character is a victim of his own success, and because he is young he doesn't have the maturity to manage it better.
For any author, the second novel after a first successful novel must be very difficult to write.
Rating: 1/2
Recommendation: No.
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