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The Last Time I Saw You by Eleanor Moran (view source)
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|reviewer=Jo Heffer
|genre=Women's Fiction
|rating=4.5
|buy=Yes
|borrow=Yes
''The Last Time I Saw You'' is an absorbing novel about relationships and shows how devastating it can be to lose a friend. It's worse for Livvy because, in effect, she loses her best friend twice - once when they fall out and another when Sally dies. I really felt I could empathise with Livvy's bewilderment at her loss. I also enjoyed reading about how her relationship with William started to develop and could fully understand her feelings of guilt.
The book is written in a very interesting way as well. In one way it feels like a mystery unfurling page by page. The sense of intrigue is immense and I felt quite impatient waiting to find out what terrible deed S ally Sally had committed to cause the huge rift between her and Livvy. At the same time, it is also a poignant and tentative love story especially as both William and Livvy feel so very guilty about their feelings towards each other.
The story moves between the present and the past which enables the reader to slowly piece together what had happened to cause the rift. It was an absorbing and enjoyable read on the whole but perhaps, with over five hundred pages, it was slightly too long.
Why not take a look at [[Stick or Twist by Eleanor Moran|Stick or Twist]], also by Eleanor Moran?
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