Started & left at the summer place again. By the reviews it's a love it or hate it book so it will be interesting to find out which side I end up on.

Tried to get back into it, but couldn't scrape up any interest to keep going.

Very rarely, if ever do I not finish a book, but this one I just could not get through. It was all over the place. I couldn't follow the characters. There are just too many good books to read to spend time on a book like this that I just did not enjoy. It was disappointing because I have liked all the other Anita Shreve books I've read. Hopefully, this is the only bad one in the buch. ( )

This book was all over the place. I was constantly trying to figure out who was who and where they were. At times I couldn't wait to read to see what happened next and other times I had to force myself to finish this book. The ending was the absolute worst...for me it ruined the book and any of the good parts of the book. Very disappointing! ( )

Have no respect for this book or their characters. If I respected the characters I might have like the idea of reading about three different times in their lives. The beginning showed some promise of a true love in the past but their behavior in Africa was not my style. The descriptions of Africa were good but having Linda love her husband but still feel the need for repeated sex with a high school boyfriend did not seem right. Thomas was more in love with Linda than I felt she was for him. The ending made their love even more of a disappointment. ( )

Fascinating book told in a very different way. We actually meet the main characters when they are 52 and each segment goes backwards into time in their lives. So did everything we thought really happen or was it all in one character's mind? Really liked this book. ( )