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Book Blurb:
On the cusp of turning fifty, Adam Sharp likes his life. He’s happy with his partner Claire, he excels in music trivia at quiz night at the local pub, he looks after his mother, and he does the occasional consulting job in IT. But he can never quite shake off his nostalgia for what might have been: his blazing affair more than twenty years ago with an intelligent and strong-willed actress named Angelina Brown who taught him for the first time what it means to find—and then lose—love. How different might his life have been if he hadn’t let her walk away? And then, out of nowhere, from the other side of the world, Angelina gets in touch. What does she want? Does Adam dare to live dangerously?
My Review: 3 stars
The Best Of Adam Sharp is a wonderfully written novel of love gone by and what that means in the soundtrack of your life. As an IT guy by day and a musician in his heart, Adam Sharp is seemingly content until an email from a former lover brings the past into the present. Now, he is submersed in longing and the stages of “what could’ve been”.
This book reads nothing like its well-loved predecessor, The Rosie Project. There’s a lot of deep insight into relationships and the humor,which is plenty, comes from a darker place. The references to music are spot on and I really appreciated the soundtrack that goes along with the book.
The first part of the book had me hooked however the plot didn’t stay with me as the story went on. The writing was the best part of this book; I just couldn’t stay married to the plot.
Quotes I liked:
The day might come when I had nothing but memories, and the choice of whether to indulge my romantic side and wallow in them, or my cynical side and reflect on the reliability.”
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