The Man Who Didn’t Call
Author: Rosie Walsh
Published by: Pan Macmillan
Pages: 344
Format: Paperback
My Rating ★★★★
Published by: Pan Macmillan
Pages: 344
Format: Paperback
My Rating ★★★★
Imagine you meet a man, spend seven glorious days together, and fall in love. And it’s mutual: you’ve never been so certain of anything.
So when he leaves for a long-booked holiday and promises to call from the airport, you have no cause to doubt him. But he doesn’t call.
Your friends tell you to forget him, but you know they’re wrong: something must have happened, there must be a reason for his silence.
What do you do when you finally discover you’re right? That there is a reason – and that reason is the one thing you didn’t share with each other?
So when he leaves for a long-booked holiday and promises to call from the airport, you have no cause to doubt him. But he doesn’t call.
Your friends tell you to forget him, but you know they’re wrong: something must have happened, there must be a reason for his silence.
What do you do when you finally discover you’re right? That there is a reason – and that reason is the one thing you didn’t share with each other?
My thoughts:
The Man Who Didn’t Call is a book dedicated to anyone who has found themselves floored by the absence of a telephone call.
Sarah is back from the US visiting her parents, as she does annually, when she meets Eddie. The chemistry is instant as they spend a few blissful days enjoying each others company and falling in love. Eddie has pre-booked a holiday to Spain and Sarah will need to return to her other life is LA, but for these short few precious days, they become completely immersed in each others company.
Sarah Mackey has ultimately been ghosted—and she is not okay. After almost a full week of pure bliss, Sarah and Eddie have fallen hopelessly in love with one another despite having only just met. For sure, it’s a shameless bout of instant love, but I, for once, didn’t hate it. The pair are very sweet together and clearly seem to have a unique and heartfelt connection, so it’s hard not to route for them.
I just really love how the author used the whole "ghosting" concept in the book. I think it is very relatable these days as a dating fear, that you will connect with someone and then the person just mysteriously vanishes from your life and you are left to wonder what went wrong. It brought a level of mystery to the story as you wondered what exactly happened to make Eddie stop contacting Sarah.
There were several things very real factors in this novel- marriages don’t always work, accidents happen and dealing with grief is difficult and different for everyone. There were some tough things that happened to the characters and I felt for them.
There was a really intriguing level of mystery to the story as I wondered what exactly had happened to make Eddie stop contacting Sarah. The pacing of the story was excellent and I felt invested in their relationship and getting to the bottom of what happened.
I loved Walsh’s writing, and would describe The Man Who Didn’t Call as an original and very entertaining read. Ultimately, this is a beautifully written love story with a hint of mystery to it and a few surprising twists along the way.
You can pick up a copy of the book for yourself right now in my store!
Overall reaction:
The Man Who Didn’t Call is a book dedicated to anyone who has found themselves floored by the absence of a telephone call.
Sarah is back from the US visiting her parents, as she does annually, when she meets Eddie. The chemistry is instant as they spend a few blissful days enjoying each others company and falling in love. Eddie has pre-booked a holiday to Spain and Sarah will need to return to her other life is LA, but for these short few precious days, they become completely immersed in each others company.
Sarah Mackey has ultimately been ghosted—and she is not okay. After almost a full week of pure bliss, Sarah and Eddie have fallen hopelessly in love with one another despite having only just met. For sure, it’s a shameless bout of instant love, but I, for once, didn’t hate it. The pair are very sweet together and clearly seem to have a unique and heartfelt connection, so it’s hard not to route for them.
I just really love how the author used the whole "ghosting" concept in the book. I think it is very relatable these days as a dating fear, that you will connect with someone and then the person just mysteriously vanishes from your life and you are left to wonder what went wrong. It brought a level of mystery to the story as you wondered what exactly happened to make Eddie stop contacting Sarah.
There were several things very real factors in this novel- marriages don’t always work, accidents happen and dealing with grief is difficult and different for everyone. There were some tough things that happened to the characters and I felt for them.
There was a really intriguing level of mystery to the story as I wondered what exactly had happened to make Eddie stop contacting Sarah. The pacing of the story was excellent and I felt invested in their relationship and getting to the bottom of what happened.
I loved Walsh’s writing, and would describe The Man Who Didn’t Call as an original and very entertaining read. Ultimately, this is a beautifully written love story with a hint of mystery to it and a few surprising twists along the way.
You can pick up a copy of the book for yourself right now in my store!
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