Maybe 2013 will be the revival of this blog? I don't know if this will happen myself, but anyway it never hurts to try.
It's a bit of a cheat, but I actually read "Sept Jours Pour Une Eternité" in the close of 2012. It was one of the books I bought in a bookshop in Bern during my February work trip, but I only got around to starting it when I went to Phuket.
This is my second book by Marc Levy, and I was actually hesitating between this and another title (also by Levy) in the bookshop, but eventually I went with this because the introduction to the story caught my interest.
The storyline is simple. Aghast with the way things are going on on earth, the Devil and God agreed on a seven-day challenge in which each will send their best agents to do what they do best, i.e., do good (for God's side) or do evil (patently batting for the Devil). In seven-days, the winner will be decided and the loser will relinquish all rights to convert humanity. What both never counted on was when both agents met each other and fell in love....
I had fun reading this story even though some parts were more heavy going than others due to sheer laziness on my part not to consult the dictionary for some of the French words that I didn't understand. At heart this is a love story with, well, supernatural elements. Though I did think that Lucas' abilities seem to be more "out of this world" compared to Zofia's, which seemed to focus mainly on how much of a good Samaritan she was. The showdown between the Devil and God was rather funny too, with both of them manifesting ill temper for the way things have turned out.
The only gripe I have would be the abrupt ending to the story. I wouldn't tell you what happened, but it did provoked feelings of being ill-used by the author, after spending time reading the story, and for the story to just end...like...that.
Book rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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