45. Silver Bay
Rating: ☆☆1/2
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Author: Jojo Moyes
Genre: Fiction, Romance
392 pages, published February 1, 2008
Reading Format: Book
Summary
Silver Bay tells the story of a romance between Liza McCullen, a pleasure boat operator in the fictional town of Silver Bay, Australia, and Mike Dormer, a hot shot developer. Mike arrives as a guest at Liza’s Aunt’s dilapidated inn to secretly assess the development potential of Silver Bay for his London based Real Estate Development Company and before long he has fallen for Liza. Conflict ensues when Mike’s plans are revealed.
Quotes
“Perhaps we all harbor a perverse need to get close to things that might destroy us.”
“There is nothing redemptive about the loss of a child, no lessons of value it can teach you. It is too big, too overwhelming, too black to articulate. It is a bleak, overwhelming physical pain, shocking in its intensity, and every time you think you might have moved forward an inch it swells back, like a tidal wave, to drown you again.”
“Hannah ran past, beaming. I remember that feeling–when you’re a kid and it’s your birthday and for one day everyone makes you feel like the most special person in the world.”
My Take
Silver Bay was the fourth book by Jojo Moyes that I read this year and unfortunately it is the weakest link. It’s not horrible, it’s just a garden variety, pedestrian romance. My recommendation is to check out her other books (After You, One Plus One, and The Girl You Left Behind) before reading Silver Bay.
