The Car Share by Zoe BrisbyMy rating: 1 of 5 stars
DNF at 13%.
THE BLURB: A suicidal ninety-year-old woman with Alzheimer's and a heartbroken depressed young man share a ride to Brussels that ends up changing their lives forever.
I have started and stopped this book several times, it's nearly a year since I started reading it. Unfortunately, I have just noticed on the NetGalley page that it says 'translated from the French' and frankly I guessed that this wasn't written in English, the writing was just too stilted and took me back to 'A' level French literature (and not in a good way). I don't know how to describe it, maybe the French speak differently or maybe there's a 'literature speech' that the French use when writing but it reads (to me) unnaturally, it pulls me out of the story and I just can't summon the enthusiasm to continue reading any longer.
I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.
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