28 Summers

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I feel sad. I’m deeply sad. I am just sitting on the floor, giving blank looks to the walls for at least 40 minutes. I feel like somebody vacuumed the last pieces of my energy. I liked the book and I didn’t like how it made me feel. In 2017 I was watching a Tom Bilyeu Impact Theory interview on You Tube with Jesse Itzler. Jesse is a super successful serial entrepreneur and author and was discussing with Tom where his zest for life and passion for optimising every moment came from. Summers had me torn between wanting to rush through this engaging story and making it last as long as possible. In her 25th novel, the Queen of the beach read has done it again! The writing was also heartfelt, extremely poignant and beautiful but as I said before it was depressive and intense. And of course because of Ursula’s special occupation (!?) it was more political than the author’s other works. And from the beginning we know how the story will end. So that fact made me lose my interest but I was already hooked with the characters and 28 years long secret summer love premise.

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Malory, along with her brothers best buddy Jake, embark on a Same Time Next Year affair that may have begun innocently, but gets rather complicated as their life moves forward. Spouses, children, careers and illness. Question is, can their love survive lifes’ many obstacles thrown their way? At 26:20 you can hear me chat to Abbi Naylor (@abbi.naylor) - Head of Expeditions at Rat Race (@ratracehq), discussing her incredible expeditions, career pivot and our recent epic trip to Exuma, kayaking the length of one side of the Bermuda Triangle! What I loved about this novel (my first Elin Hilderbrand by the way!) was the characters! They are all so very well drawn and each and every one of them added so much to this story. I adored the characters of Mallory, Linc, her brother Cooper and Jake and I even appreciated the character of Ursula. By adultery Summer #3, I grew tired and was just not "getting" why the female protagonist didn't give her lover an ultimatum.A sparkling novel about the complexities of female relationships, the pitfalls of living out loud and online, and the resilience of the human heart, Big Summer is a witty, moving story about family, friendship, and figuring out what matters most. Through palpable tension balanced with glimmers of hope, Hoover beautifully captures the heartbreak and joy of starting over.

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Why do you think Mallory and Jake never tried to be together? Do you think their relationship would have worked out if they gave it a try? It is at times, beautiful, desperate, devastating, heart-wrenching, intense, lovely and unbelievable. Yesssss!!! This review is 1000% how I feel about it! I don’t condone cheating ever and I was disgusted that these two adults didn’t just give their relationship a go. 4 hours into the audiobook & I am quitting. I really enjoyed all the characters this time which, admittedly, is unusual for me when it comes to EH's books. I also found myself smiling at all the brief mentions of people and businesses from her previous novels. It's always nice to revisit characters from past stories. I adored Mallory and Jake's secret relationship! It was so touching and uplifting! I found them both somewhat emotionally stunted and I doubt their love could have survived beyond their Labour Day bubble but it was perfect for them.What I don't enjoy is political propaganda in a fiction book but I wasn't 𝙩𝙤𝙤 bothered by it here just because it was used to reflect Ursula's character and I didn't feel the author was trying to force feed me her views.

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I enjoyed watching the progression of all the characters over three decades, and I also enjoyed the displays of friendship, forgiveness, grief and acceptance. I just read 28 Summers, my first book by the amazingly popular Elin Hilderbrand, and almost immediately fell in love with it. I'm ready to read all of her books now! My name is Jay Worthy - I am a husband, dad to five amazing kids and the founder of 28 Summers. I host the 28 Summers podcast (Available on all the usual platforms)Due to the political nature of one of the characters, Ursula, there are many instances of politics being discussed, from both sides of the aisle. Normally I'm not a fan of authors inserting their political beliefs on their reader, but I felt the discussions here were relatively balanced. What makes Mallory and Jake’s journey, spanning 28 summers, problematic is the central question it poses—is deceit, or going against what’s right, acceptable for love’s sake? Compounding the moral ambiguity is watching Mallory and Jake make one decision after another that pushes the possibility of something more than one meaningful weekend a year further from fruition. Which means watching as their daily lives unfold with what feels like the wrong people. There’s a heart-wrenching yearning threaded throughout and a desire for the couple to say the hell with it, and really give it go. And yet, you have to wonder if the natural ebb and flow that accompanies any relationship would eventually dull Mallory and Jake’s shine.