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Beautifully written and set against the backdrop of New York in the 1960s, this book takes you on a powerful journey with two people who are brought together by fate and who's separate lives come together as one as they weave seamlessly through the decades, facing many uphill struggles and upheavals. Romantic with a touch of the supernatural, this book will leave its mark on you long after the last page.

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the characters, namely the differences between them contrasted with the deep relationships between them

Drawing parallels to narcissistic and controlling behaviour in relationships.

I love how cleverly the arc developed, the change in Darcy's character as he had begun to acknowledge his feelings for Elizabeth, and her oblviousness to it making for an interesting read.

As all 5 great novels of Dostoyevsky its psychological journey through self-deconstruction ,but here protagonists,identify right choices,but make deliberate bad choices. Fantastic study of human nature in fun house mirror.

It's a simple spy thriller but his characters come to life in a setting perfectly evoked. His writing is the sort of frictionless prose that Orwell lauded.