Title: You can finish reading it in 11 minutes
Product review: Someone had recommended this book to me because I had lived in Geneva. It felt more like an essay for a creative writing course than a novel. I can't remember the last time I've read something so superficial.Neither the setting nor the characters had enough texture to be credible or even compelling. The setting felt like any city on a lake. If Geneva was word searched and replaced with Chicago or Toronto, no one would notice. The characters are just as generic. Coelho describes the love interest as "handsome and successful" and the people at a party as "smart and charming." They lack the subtle details that make them come alive. Their insights into romance were weak.The least believable part of the book was the postscript where the author claims to have visited Switzerland on a book tour and met a few people who inspired the story.
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