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will be my last Tatiana de Rosnay, thank you very much, . . If i can keep myself from being sucked in like a moth to a flame! I really should have known better after my previousread which was even worse than this one, especially with a male lead! The way he checks out his sister and focuses on her body and beauty is just gross.
Also quite repetitive and would explain things way after they needed to be explained, Oh really, you called your Mom by her first name, . . Yeah, duh.
She certainly pulled a switcheroo because you think the story is going to focus on the sister's recovery but she is just wallpaper magically gets physically better, heads home really fast and is able to take care of herself and her emotionally damaged brother without complaint until suddenly she stops but we don't know why.

Well at least her brother found a sexy lady to screw,
Meh. This story could have been good if the writing wouldn't have been so unbelievably bad, And if it hadn't expressed so oldfashioned views on sexuality and gender, but I'll get to that,

The way du Rosnay writes makes me feel like she thinks I'm an idiot, Seriously, I can understand how people feel without her telling me all the time, The whole book is full of unnecessary remarks like "I felt sad, because of this and that", stuff that you understood anyway.
I just wanted to edit the shit out of this book, And that, my friends, is NOT a good reading experience,

And then there's the way the author describes people, About the lesbian lover she writes "she doesn't look butch", Really I thought all lesbians were butch, how very chocking that this one isn't! Asshole, Also, the view on manhood expressed on the train when the protagonist goes "I was happy to be a man, because I felt more like groping a stranger's breasts than crying".
I rephrased it a little to make it shorter, How appalling is that!

It only gets two because I think it could have been a good story if told differently.
With all the deaths, plus a mortician, it could have been dark and interesting, As it is, however, it's just really annoying, Ive realized that Ms. de Rosnays books are a bit like cheap bottle of wines when youre immersed in them, theyre hard to put down.
Then you finish them, have some time to think things over, and realize they really werent that great and it was more that you were caught up in the moment.
A Secret Kept shares quite a few similarities to Sarahs Key, although I did find this novels plot the stronger of the two.
Following a car accident that leaves his sister seriously injured, a man spirals into a midlife crisis let me recommend reading as little about the plot as possible if you do plan to read it: too many summaries give away some of the important details.
Similar to Sarahs Key, there are some beautiful passages and some wonderful scenes that capture the complexities of life and how decisions inform life.
Unfortunately, also similar to Sarahs Key, I found many of the characters unlikable they come across as shallow, selfcentered whiners although not having to compare these characters to a child uprooted by the Holocaust made it slightly easier to tolerate them as compared to the protagonist in Sarahs Key, and, once again, the ending left me wanting.
Im not sure if Ill pick up another novel by Ms, de Rosnay theres much to like about her, but her books tend to leave me frustrated and wanting more.
As I said in my review of Sarahs Key, theres a beautiful, complicated story lurking within these pages, but the book as is fails to live up to its potential.
Quasi recommended. Audiobook

I adored Sarah's Key, I did not adore A Secret Kept, At some point I stopped caring what the secret even was, The main character male was unlikeable to me, Just unappealing I wasn't even excited for him when he finally got laid, He had negative relationships he couldn't get over his divorce whine whine whine It all started with a simple vocation, when a brother and sister are forever changed by a tragic accident.
Antoine Ray thought of the perfect surprise for his sister Melanie's who has a big birthday coming up, Planning on to take her to the sea of Noirmoutier Island where the two grew up with happy childhood memories and many summers staying out in the beach.
It has been thirty year since the last time they captured the beauty of the island the bond they shared.
During that time, their beloved Mother,Charise dies suddenly, Although they shared many happy memories on the island,Melanie is haunted by a deep secret about her mother, on the ride home to Paris, but before she tells her brother she loses control of the wheel.
Now the only thing that is left is her fractured body and her brother's self blame,

Trapped in a a world of guilt, Antoine tries to figure out the secret that Melanie had on their mother, but he must forced to move on with his life, while his sister life hands in the balance.
As a divorced father,his kids are devoted to ignoring him and he secretly misses Astrid,his ex that left him for another man.
After many one night stands, he founds love when he least expects it but not is able to appreciate it, until his sister recovers.
Not to mention his father disdain from him and the shocking secret that he is keeping, Once his sister is back home, she confesses the painful truth about their mother and both of the,must decide whether they are going to leave their past behind or face the future ahead of them.


Suspenseful, enlightening, tragic and unforgettable are the few words to describe this powerful book, The characters were so rich, I felt myself sympathizing with most of them and find myself wanting them to all find true happiness.
I never related to so many characters in my entire life, to say I simply loved this book will be a major understatement!

Татяна дьо Роне определено не е надминала себе си в този роман.
"Ключът на Сара" е много подобър, помногопластов, поболезнено истински, докато тук имаме баналната историяс опити за оригиналничене на аристократичното семейство, което таи тайни под перфектно изработената маска на благоприличието.

Историята на едно семейство без привързаност между членовете, без общуване и комуникация, в което вратите към другия са винаги затворени. Причините за това могат да са много, както е казал прекрасният Лев Толстой: "Всички щастливи семейства си приличат. Всяко нещастно семейство е нещастно по своему. “ Така и тук, семейството има своите подбуди да е такова, каквото е, но това не оправдава последствията. Последствия, твърде сериозни, за да бъдат пренебрегнати.
Белегът, който е оставен върху потомците, тези които градят животите си и се опитват да излязат от сянката на миналото, е неизличим.
Дойде ми твърде преекспонирана темата за тийнейджърството, колко е труден този период, решенията, които трябва да се взимат. Въпреки идеята и посланието, които носеше, беше леко в повече.
Още нещо каква досада ми причини този главен герой. Може ли един мъж, постоянно да търси упование в силните жени около себе си и да не е в състояние едно свястно решение да вземе сам Това се подразбирапоради гореспоменатите липси в семейството, но все пак не можеше ли този човек да се развие До края той си остана дълбоко разчитащ на силната жена до негодали ще е сестра, съпруга, приятелка няма значение.
И все пак книгата ми хареса. Носи своето послание, което никак не е маловажно. Без общуване и комуникация, няма истинска цялост в семейството.
Fiquei bastante desapontada com este livro, infelizmente, Depois da leitura de Chamavase Sara, que adorei, estava muito expectante em relação a este Um Segredo bem guardado.
É mais um para a série “gostava de ter gostado” e, talvez por isso, o tenha lido até ao fim, sempre à espera de uma aguardada reviravolta que me prendesse às páginas de modo compulsivo, como aconteceu com o livro anterior.

Mas tal não sucedeu e este é mais um exemplo em que o peso das expectativas não permite que se disfrute de uma leitura, assim como o peso de Chamavase Sara, que foi sempre uma sombra comparativa da qual não me consegui libertar.

É difícil construir um enredo tão arrebatador como o do livro anterior, por todas as condicionantes que o cenário da II Guerra Mundial permite, assim como pela sua envolvência, pelo que é difícil não achar este livro bastante inferior.
Apesar da aura de mistério e suspense que a sinopse promete, o “segredo bem guardado” é óbvio desde as primeiras páginas.
Confesso que prossegui a leitura esperando que houvesse mais qualquer coisa para revelar, algo bombástico para abanar o livro.
Mas não. O que tive à minha espera foi uma sucessão de dramas familiares e pessoais bastante banais,
Além de ter ficado bastante aquém do que prometia, os graves erros de tradução e revisão tornaram, em alguns trechos, a leitura dolorosa.

sitelink blogs. sapo. pt/um After having read Sarah's Key and somewhat enjoying the writing as well as the story, I was looking forward to this book.
Unfortunately it was quite a disappointment, The story, involving a mysterious love, death, and the aftermath it left on the children involved, had fine concepts to work with.
However, the story became bogged down and drawn out into what ultimately became a love story I think with middle aged angst with teenage angst thrown in as well.


This story was told by the narrator Antoine, who to me seemed to whine his way through the book and ultimately became a character I disliked.
There were the gratuitous sex scenes that seemed to be put in there to enliven a dull read, Unfortunately, they didn't work. I personally do not like a book where a character meets someone and five minutes later is having great sex with them.
I prefer my characters to develop a little relationship before they head down that road!

Ultimately, I call this book total fluff.
So, if you want to read something that takes no time and no brain to read, I recommend this as a possible novel to fill that need.
I gave it one star because it was an easy read, De Rosnay really doesn't know how to tell a story properly, I really dislike her writing style, Right off the bat I was annoyed because she starts off writing in the first person, then randomly changes to the third person for two chapters, and then back to the first person.
Equally annoying she throws a few random love letters in at the start of several chapters, but then stops.
This was so distracting and it added nothing to the story,
Overall, I found the whole book was contrived and extremely uneven, De Rosnay kept changing tracks with where she was going, A bunch of seeminglyrandom and unconnected events happen at the same time, all BIG and tragic, Then nothing happens for a while, then another series of BIG unrelated things happen, then the book ends, actually that was the highlight for me!.
None of the characters were likable, so I did not even care about all these BIG tragic events, I was just glad that it ended.
This book needed a good editor!
I was fortunate to be asked to blurb this book, That's always a bit nerve wracking, What if I don't like it I shouldn't have worried, De Rosnay is such a sure and strong writer and she knows her characters well, Most enjoyable to me was reading a story about deep family relationships written from the point of view of a sympathetic male character.
Beautifully done. However, the reader really must try to separate this book in her or his mind from Sarah's Key, They

are worlds apart and impossible to compare, Both excellent, but an apple and an orange, Nothing like sitelinkSarah's Key and really not much of a mystery or plot, I don't know if the writer got into the main character's "skin", a woman writing as a man, He was an awfully wimpy guy, had problems w/his teenagers, job, exwife, etc, until the lust well, it wasn't love of a cool motorcycle chick got him kickstarted back to life, I obviously didn't get all the Parisian references listed, which I don't remember being a problem in Sarah's Key.
copied review This stunning new novel from Tatiana de Rosnay, author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller Sarahs Key, plumbs the depths of complex family relationships and the power of a past secret to change everything in the present.
It all began with a simple seaside vacation, a brother and sister recapturing their childhood, Antoine Rey thought he had the perfect surprise for his sister Mélanies birthday: a weekend by the sea at Noirmoutier Island, where the pair spent many happy childhood summers playing on the beach.
It had been too long, Antoine thought, since theyd returned to the islandover thirty years, since their mother died and the family holidays ceased.
But the islands haunting beauty triggers more than happy memories it reminds Mélanie of something unexpected and deeply disturbing about their last island summer.
When, on the drive home to Paris, she finally summons the courage to reveal what she knows to Antoine, her emotions overcome her and she loses control of the car.
Recovering from the accident in a nearby hospital, Mélanie tries to recall what caused her to crash, Antoine encounters an unexpected ally: sexy, streetwise Angèle, a mortician who will teach him new meanings for the words life, love and death.
Suddenly, however, the past comes swinging back at both siblings, burdened with a dark truth about their mother, Clarisse.
Trapped in the wake of a shocking family secret shrouded by taboo, Antoine must confront his past and also his troubled relationships with his own children.
How well does he really know his mother, his children, even himself Suddenly fragile on all fronts as a son, a husband, a brother and a father, Antoine Rey will learn the truth about his family and himself the hard way.
By turns thrilling, seductive and destructive, with a lingering effect that is bittersweet and redeeming, A Secret Kept is the story of a modern family, the invisible ties that hold it together, and the impact it has throughout life.
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