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meses depois depois de uma enorme ansiedade e curiosidade pelo trabalho de Penny Vincenzy, eis que finalmente tive a oportunidade de a satisfazer.


Aos olhos daqueles que já conhecem as suas obras anteriores, esta obra será, certamente, melhor ou pior, Aos meus olhos, e provavelmente de todos os leitores cujo primeiro contacto com Penny Vincenzy, a escolha não podia ser mais acertada.


Confesso que, ao início, me custou a entrar na história, Parecia tudo muito confuso e um tantonada absurdo: demasiadas personagens e uma narrativa que havia desde logo começado num impasse.
Contudo, assim que a história culmina no acidente na M, tudo muda e o leitor mal consegue imaginar as voltas e reviravoltas de emoções que vai sentir à medida que a história avança.


Fiquei, sem dúvida alguma, rendida à autora, A ideia base do livro é que a vida pode dar muita volta, Por muito parada e monótona que a mesma seja num minuto, no outro a seguir tudo pode mudar e aquilo que antes víamos no nosso futuro cai em ruínas diante dos nossos olhos para dar lugar a um palácio de melhores prazeres, maior felicidade e amor.


Aquilo que ao início parecia adivinharse uma história difícil de acompanhar acabou por se revelar um romance extremamente emotivo e avassalador, onde o leitor mal consegue pousar o livro, tal é a ansiedade por saber o que acontece àqueles a quem vimos a vida ruir e renascer.


Adorei e recomendo vivamente a todos, mesmo àqueles que se possam assustar com aspáginas de leitura que se avizinham: a leitura é de tal maneira estonteante que, quando derem por ela, chegaram ao fim de um livro que não vão querer esquecer.
The Best of Times is a book that I thoroughly enjoyed, The book tells you about the life of multiple characters that are forever changed after a motor vehicle accident on the Mclose to London.
We have the doctor who is traveling with his mistress, We have the aspiring black actress catching a ride with the lorry driver, The lorry driver trying not to fall asleep behind the wheel, There is the groom trying to get to his wedding on time, The widow meeting with her lost American lover from over sixty years, The Best Man learning the groom is not who he thought he was,
In a second our lives can change and all the what ifs can affect the choices we make,
The book has a happy ending, What made it real was that it was not a perfect one, Almost though
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My love for Vincenzi really just never stops, Anyone who reads my reviews knows that she has become one of my very favorite authors I never dislike her books.


This book is a beautiful example of how one moment can change everything, The largest part of the plot is an accident on the Mthat causes fatalities, major injuries, and outs secrets.
The book is broken up into parts, the first giving some background on how each character ends up on the Mduring the accident.
The next part covers the day of the accident, followed by two parts that give the aftermath, Each character's life is completely altered by the events of this day,

As is customary for this author, there are no minor characters in this book, Each character develops in such a way that readers can't help but care about them, I wanted to know what would happen next for each character as the story progressed,

If you haven't given Vincenzi a try, definitely do, Her books are long and delicious tales of secrets, relationships, drama, and oftentimes putting life back together, I love this author and I loved this book, I was reading this book during a very difficult time in my life, The book kept me interested, I could lose myself in the characters, their lives and dilemmas and forget, for awhile, what was going on in my life.
I enjoy Penny Vincenzi's books, They aren't great literature, but they are a wonderful escape, When a lorry crashes on the Mon a busy summer's day the effect on people's lives is catastrophic and has repercussions that spread out far beyond the scene at the motorway.
The story is told quite seemlessly and in readable chunks, with each person's life under scrutiny, Some have secrets that really shouldn't be told, others

are oblivious to the effects their actions will have on others.
From the sublime, to the heartrending I think this is a perfect summer beach read,

My only criticism is that it could have beenpages lighter, but like all Penny Vincenzi's novels it's well overpages long, however I enjoyed it.
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What a book, It's massive but such a good story line it didn't feel as long as it was, Will be reading more of this author,

Five. I have mixed feelings about this one, I decided to read this along with a couple other books over the long holiday weekend, I'm glad I had other things to read, I quite loved the first half amp thought the author did a great job with most of the characters amp also the accident we are shown in the opening of the book.
And then the second half happened, Or didn't so much and just meandered along until I have to honestly admit, I was skimming for resolutions for my favorite characters.
I'm positive that's not a good sign amp that's not how I like to get through my books, On the upside, I was compelled to at least get to the end to see how my favorites fared but that's not enough for me to give this one more than a middling star grade.
Another thing that diminished my enjoyment was that I had the BBC series "Collision" Masterpiece Contemporary in the US running alongside in my mind.
That's not the author's fault but they were so similar, I couldn't help the meld, I have other Penny Vincenzi books on my bookshelf amp will gladly give them a read but this one is unfortunately no going to be a favorite.
I absolutely LOVED this book! Amazing how a series of missteps and other factors can contribute to a huge life altering event.
The characters were so well crafted you loved some and hated some just as the author intended, I didn't want it to end, The first thing to say is, . . its a big book and literally difficult to hold to be able to read comfortably, Secondly, forpages I want a classic, And this was no classic,

There are are a couple or three points that immediately spring to mind:

why did we need to know that the Coroners wife was called Susan, that he wasyrs of age and had been doing the job for at leastof them What relevance was it to the story

why did we need to know that the taxi driver was foreign and Emma couldnt differentiate betweenandWhat relevance was it to the story

why on earth did a couple of supposedly intelligent people who were seemingly incapable of not having ferocious arguments think they should be together Even worse, have a child!

These just beingof the seemingly quite ridiculous tangents that the book went on.


The Author deserves a gold star for keeping a handle on all the characters, As with most books of this style I find it difficult to keep track of who is who until Im at least half way through because there are som many of them talked about at random intervals.
I found myself testing whether I could remember who was who at various times of the day so that I would have a head start when I picked it up again.
I was in the middle of Penny Vincenzis THE BEST OF TIMES Headline,when my hubby phoned to say that.
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sitelink blogspot. ca/ Would Vincenzi be able to hold my interest forpages Would I be able to keep all the characters straight in my mind Yes and yes.
A very enjoyable read about folks who are involved in, or witness, a large and tragic highway accident and how that event alters their lives.
The question is are the changes for the worst, or for the best It surprised me, a person who cannot bear gore or medical encounters, the day of the accident was my favorite part of the book.
So fear not those of you who are squeamish, Extremely well done, and the impact of the event nicely drawn without being overly dramatic, The characters are well developed, so that it was easy to keep everyone sorted out and you saw the good and the bad that can exist in all people.
Nice romance too for those who like that, IMHO, reading this book wasn't the Best of Times, While the premise is wonderful a major accident changes the lives of everyone involved I found the story tedious, Vincenzi's exploration of the butterfly effect through a myriad of characters left me feeling exhausted, I found it difficult to connect with the characters, and I felt that because the author took on so many characters, none of them were fully developed.
I felt that plot points were predictable, And really, the novel probably could have been aboutpages instead of thethat my ebook was, I was so excited to read this book, which left me disappointed, Foi a minha estreia com esta autora, da qual já queria há muito tempo ler qualquer coisa, E gostei bastante. A principio achei que tinha personagens a mais mas depois todas elas se foram interligando e tiveram um papel de maior ou menor destaque na trama.
Um bom romance para se ler, apesar de um pouco longo mais depaginas, . . mas que li com muito prazer e me deixou com vontade de ler mais desta escritora Best of Times, man it was a long bookpages to be exact.

But so so good, l throughly, enjoyed it, every page worth the read,

Penny Vincenzi is definitely one of my favourite authors, but always get overwhelmed, when l first pick up one of her books, because they are so big and lengthy.

But once you start reading, pages and pages, start being turned over, and before you know it, many chapters have been read.


This book, was full of suspense, romance and many twists and turns,
So many characters, to fall in love with,
Such a heartwarming book, its beautiful,

The main plot of the story, is a very HOT afternoon in London, driving on a big highway , a truck swerves across five lanes of traffic and creates, chaos and confusion.


Loved ones wait, to hear news and the hospital prepares to receive the injured, a dozen lives, are hanging in there.


A doctor is torn between helping the injured and hiding his young mistress,

A Groomsman hopes to get to the church on time,

A widow waiting to reunite with lost love, worries whether she will ever see him again,

And a mysterious hitchhiker, the only person, who knows what happened, is no where to be found,

This book is a MUST read, astar rating definitely,

Penny Vincenzi, you are sadly missed, your books are always a delight, always special and so treasured,
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