If I Forget You

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Two former lovers reconnect in this beautiful and haunting tale of great lost love from the critically acclaimed author of The Headmaster s Wife.Twenty one years after they were driven apart by circumstances beyond their control, two former lovers have a chance encounter on a Manhattan street What follows is a tense, suspenseful exploration of the many facets of enduring love Told from altering points of view through time, If I Forget You tells the story of Henry Gold, a poet whose rise from poverty embodies the American dream, and Margot Fuller, the daughter of a prominent, wealthy family, and their unlikely, star crossed love affair, complete with the secrets they carry when they find each other for the second time.Written in lyrical prose, If I Forget You is at once a great love story, a novel of marriage, manners, and family, a meditation on the nature of art, a moving elegy to what it means to love and to lose, and how the choices we make can change our lives forever. New Read eBook If I Forget You Author Thomas Christopher Greene – kino-fada.fr I was going to write a plot summary to illustrate all the reasons why this book was a waste of time for me, but instead I am just going to offer a couple of suggestions to writers and editors who publish love stories and expect us to care about them.Suggestion 1 If you re going to write a love story, don t forget to include the love It s truly amazing how many love stories skimp on providing an actual convincing love relationship In this case, Margot loves Henry because he s smarter and de I was going to write a plot summary to illustrate all the reasons why this book was a waste of time for me, but instead I am just going to offer a couple of suggestions to writers and editors who publish love stories and expect us to care about them.Suggestion 1 If you re going to write a love story, don t forget to include the love It s truly amazing how many love stories skimp on providing an actual convincing love relationship In this case, Margot loves Henry because he s smarter and deeper than the shallow rich boys she s used to, and Henry loves Margot because she s beautiful and has a nice body That was about it as far as I could tell And don t forget, this isn t supposed to be just a college relationship these two are supposed to have a love that s spanned the decades I wasn t feeling it, therefore I could not become invested, and therefore I could not possibly care about the outcome of this half assed relationship one way or the other.S...A common enough plot, Henry and Margo meet in college, fall in love Henry is from the working class, Margo from the very wealthy Something happens and they are forced to separate Seeing each other twenty years later, many truths come to light So what happens next This book has some beautiful lines, beautiful thoughts Margo thinks of how well Henry knows her because he kn...At first, If I Forget You had me yawning As I read , it had me agitated and somewhat incredulous By the end, it has me wondering whether I have read anything other than an old Harlequin romance or one of the most basic unimaginative versions of the Romeo and Juliet plot line with lots of overwrought and predictable cliches for good measure Normally I would give a spoiler alert or give away less of the plot, but honestly in this case I don t see the point Margot is wealthy and from o At first, If I Forget You had me yawning As I read , it had me agitated and somewhat incredulous By the end, it has me wondering whether I have read anything other than an old Harlequin romance or one of the most basic unimaginative versions of the Romeo and Juliet plot line with lots of overwrought and predictable cliches for good measure Normally I would give a spoiler alert or give away less of the plot, but honestly in this case I don t see the point Margot is wealthy and from old money Henry is the poor son of Jewish immigrant parents Henry goes to a fancy east coast college on a baseball scholarship Margot s father is some big wig on the board at the college and expects his daughter to stay within the world she was brought up in Henry is an aspiring poet Their eyes meet and stay locked at a poetry reading They fall hard for each other A few months later, something tragic happens involving Margot s father that tears them apart ...For you, wherever you are I was completely captivated by this poetic story of lost love and second chances Not only is it beautifully written, but the underlying message is a powerful one go after what makes you happy, don t just exist in your own life Henry and Margot fell desperately in love in college, but circumstances and mistakes ripped them apart Anyone looking at their lives would assume, they ve both moved on marriages to different people, children and the passing of time 21For you, wherever you are I was completely captivated by this poetic story of lost love and second chances Not only is it beautifully written, but the underlying message is a powerful one go after what makes you happy, don t just exist in your own life Henry and Margot fell desperately in love in college, but circumstances and mistakes ripped them apart Anyone looking at their lives would assume, they ve...But she could never capture the particularity of him in the way he has captured the particularity of her, and later, when this all sinks in, she will come to realize that this might be the greatest gift another person can give you The very idea that they pay enough attention to notice what makes you singular, and Margot has no idea how she can possibly repay him I m a sucker for a well written love story, so I jumped at the chance to read an early copy of If I Forget You This novel featurBut she could never capture the particularity of him in the way he has captured the particularity of her, and later, when this all sinks in, she will come to realize that this might be the greatest gift another person can give you The very idea that they pay enough attention to notice what makes you singular, and Margot has no idea how she can possibly repay him I m a sucker for a well written love story, so I jumped at the chance to read an early copy of If I Forget You This novel features many familiar themes star crossed lovers, a fight against fate, meddling families andWhile Greene is an extraordinarily talented writer, it seemed that he couldn t quite move this novel beyond the standard trope The plot followed the same script as way too many other stories before it, and I found the emotional apex of the book unworthy of the characters Greene was trying to build Was it readable Sure Even somewhat enjoyable Memorable Sadly, no.3 starsThank ...This book was described as deeply affecting and emotional, which I was hoping it would be And it did turn out to be an emotional book for me, although not in the way I was hoping it to be Instead of finding this book to be touching and possibly heart wrenching as I expected, I found it to be annoying and even brought forth a bit of anger in me that the author would think we forgot what happened in the first three quarters of the book when he wrote the last quarter.This is a story of star cross This book was described as deeply affecting and emotional, which I was hoping it would be And it did turn out to be an emotional book for me, although not in the way I was hoping it to be Instead of finding this book to be touching and possibly heart wrenching as I expected, I found it to be annoying and even brought forth a bit of anger in me that the author would think we for...I won this book on a giveaway on Goodreads, my first Thanks to Goodreads and St Martin s Literary Fiction.After all that, I m sorry to say, it was just eh, OK I guess When I first saw the blurb for this book, I was intrigued It tells the story of Henry and Margot, two former lovers, who are drawn apart many years before, and how their lives intersect one day again on a street in New York City The book is told in alternating chapters between Henry and Margot, going back and forth in time Yo I won this book on a giveaway on Goodreads, my first Thanks to Goodreads and St Martin s Literary Fiction.After all that, I m...Ok, I m calling Uncle This is just so boring, and I feel like I ve read it a few times before The writing is pretty and poetic, true, but that s just not enough in this case Dnf.Star crossed lovers torn apart by space and time reunite twenty years later It felt so real and authentic to me Very emotional read, loved it.Review to come

If I Forget You
  • English
  • 08 July 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 244 pages
  • 1250072786
  • Thomas Christopher Greene
  • If I Forget You