Were you surprised by the twist at the very end of the book? Do you think Camille and Olivier's secret is understandable? Is it forgivable?
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I became suspicious towards the end of the book about this, but it still had the ability to surprise me. I wish the meeting had taken place however; I was disappointed at the ending and wanted that part of the book to go further. I feel like the story ended before it should have.
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Early on I knew that one of the little girl's would be Elodie. After Olivier returns from the war and they continued to live such crazy lives apart together I realized it had to be their daughter, Marie. I did not know how they would have found the baby but his being in the choir solved that issue. Still, if he were in the choir he would have had to have known whose baby the little girl was--that just didn't ring true. So, no, I don't forgive them for not returning the child to its father.
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I agree with Olivia and Katherinep. I enjoyed the twist but wished to see it fully played out. I felt Jean Paul deserved a completed story. I don't find Olivier and Camille's secret forgivable at all. Understandable in that I can see how they came to have the baby and I can see how their selfishness would enable them to take an action that would have such profound and deleterious effects on another human being
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I loved it! I was totally surprised. And then I found myself getting worried, like, uh-oh, what's going to happen next? It's Jean-Paul's child, but her parents are other people...and then I decided, you know what? It's a perfect ending. Let it be. I don't have to decide what happens next, I can just enjoy it!
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I loved the ending! I was wondering all the way through how all of the characters would come together, and of course they do. But then the ending projects into a future development beyond the denouement: Will the characters be further involved? The brush with fate that we all may experience is so enticing.
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