All Men Love Leah

Lingvo: English

Eldonita je 20-a de decembro 2021 de Kingsley Publishers.

ISBN:
978-0-620-94748-0
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All Enzo wants is a reason to believe it’s all worthwhile. Stuck in a world that doesn’t fulfil him, he meanders through his days feeling empty, lost, and left out of the real world that is moving by without him. He is cynical but gifted, and when he meets the beautiful and enigmatic Leah she turns his universe upside down.

Leah and Enzo are exact opposites, but she is drawn to his darkness just as he is drawn to her light. She is a woman who lives by her own expression and challenges his dismal character down to its most frightening corners, awakening in him something he didn’t know he had the capacity to experience.

But everything is not what it seems. There is a secret that threatens the happiness that Leah represents in Enzo’s life. She is the one who embraces his flaws and uncovers his bravery by teaching …

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Stream of consciousness narrative

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I got a different impression from its synopsis and cover art of what kind of book All Men Love Leah would be so I was delighted to end up enjoying the read even more than I thought I would. I expected a light, sundrenched romantic tale and, while the novel's glorious Pisa and Florence locations did fulfil my sun expectations, the story is actually a pretty deep stream-of-consciousness narrative illustrating how mental health problems can distort people's perspectives and understanding of the world around them. I loved how Ksenija Nikolova drew me in to the initial scenario, then skewed it just enough for me to realise that I would not be able to trust everything - or possibly anything - Enzo told me. I'm always impressed by authors who can tell a convincing 'unreliable narrator' story and Nikolova has a real talent for this. She also has a disturbingly authentic …