Last Letter from Your Lover

I loved this book - a story spanning 40 years using letters and emails to help tell the story. Almost love lost but not quite. I suppose the ending was a bit contrived but I was gripped the whole way through. The story would not work if set in current times but I think it was believable in the time it was set. I also love happy endings!

I really enjoyed this story from the start. It was easy to listen to. At first I thought it was going to be rather obvious and predictable but I loved the way the story unfolded over a long time-scale with a few unexpected twists. Highly recommend.

My first impression of the book was quite wrong. The prologue presaged a story about 30 somethings working in London that didn't appeal. Instead this is a beautifully crafted exploration of the pleasures and pains of love affairs 40 years apart. The two relationships are cleverly intertwined as young journalist, Ellie, investigates a mysterious love letter found in the archives of the newspaper where she works, while at the same time wrestles with her obsessive love of a married man. This is not sugary romantic fiction, but an epic, moving, evocative and memorable book that I highly recommend.
Julia Franklin is an excellent reader.

Delightful narration with a lovely tale of love, loss and how we used to live. Highly reccommended.

The story is about the true love, with all the romance and the innoncence that comes with it. It reminds us of our 'old days' - for those who are married. The characters will explore feelings such as tenderness, hope and disappointment.

The narrator is good at expressing all these feelings.

I recommand.

Enjoyed the story, it grew on me as it progressed until I completely wasted a half day listening to the last 2-3 hours! However, I hated the narration of the male voices, mainly because their was just one voice for all of the men - making conversations between men difficult to follow. They all (even the modern men) sounded unfeeling, patronising and condescending - that was OK for Laurence, but not for all of the men. Loved the cut glass voice of Jennifer. This is a good story but I would recommend reading rather than listening. It's not nearly as good as 'Me Before You' which I would heartily recommend as an audible book.

Spanning 40 years or more this tells a fascinating love story. I had to start listening in the daytime as I wanted to know what happened. There is a lot of sadness but also happiness. I feel this is a must to listen too. Julia Franklin is my favorite narrator as she reads so clearly, words well pronounced, and characters clearly defined in her various voices. It is a book where you are always waiting to see what will happen next. Congratulation Jojo Moyes, now to listen to some of your other books.

I enjoy Jojo Moyes' writing, she shows understanding of human relationships, the nature love and is able to set these in to wonderful stories. This is an enchanting story about two affairs, one in the present one in the past. The author interweaves the two plots through the story of journalist finding the love letters in an archive and investigating them. The contrast between modern texting and letter writing is clever and beautiful and you really want to know what happens in both the couples' lives. As always a lovely ending to a well written story. I enjoy this author and will be reading more. Thoroughly recommended if you like stories that reveal human emotions and relationships in all their frailty.

This was an enjoyable listen and I enjoyed the story and ending. But it was not as good as others of her books.

This was my first Jojo Moyes read, I loved it from the start, if like me you are a romantic but like a few twists then this is the book for you. I enjoyed Jojo Moyes’ writing so much that I went straight out and got ‘Me before You’. She is a great author and writes wonderful books.