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This is not a Love Story by Keren David (view source)
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Ethan, the third in this unstable triangle, is deliberately secretive and enigmatic. We are not given his point of view directly – like Kitty and Theo we have to work him out. This is skilfully managed and other readers may feel, as I do, that Ethan is the character who evokes the most sympathy of all, because he so rarely asks for it.
If relationship difficulties and adolescent angst is what you go on holiday to leave behind, fear not. ''This Is Not A Love Story'' is not an emotionally guelling gruelling read – much less so than Keren David's excellent previous book [[Salvage by Keren David|Salvage]]. It's readable, it's pleasurable and if there is a tiny bit too much tying up of plot-ends in the final chapter – well you don't want to leave unpleasantness behind when you've been on such an attractive escape.
I'd certainly recommend [[Salvage by Keren David]] and, whilst in Amsterdam with Jewish teenagers it would be inexcusable not to have read, or at least thought about, [[The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank]].