The Hypnotist's Love Story

by Liane Moriarty

Book Overview

FROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF BIG LITTLE LIES AND HERE ONE MOMENT

A "sharp and funny romantic tale."--O, the Oprah Magazine

Ellen O'Farrell is a professional hypnotherapist who works out of the eccentric beachfront home she inherited from her grandparents. It's a nice life, except for her tumultuous relationship history. She's stoic about it, but at this point, Ellen wouldn't mind...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425260933
• ISBN13: 9780425260937
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Hardcover?

Ordered a hardcover received paperback

Enormously disappointing.

Shallow women. Flimsy plot. Little depth. Nothing (as billed) funny...or even mildly amusing.

Good story

Worth reading. Somehow I lost the book before finishing it so, I can’t tell you how it ends.... imagine that.

Hooked from page 1

The book had me guessing all the way through. Was it really the obvious person or am I in for a real twist? Didn’t want to put it down.

“The possibilities of us.”

This is somehow my first romantic, bewitching and chilling book. And not with suspense, detective or crimes. I have to admit I was so excited of how things worked out and of how things were gonna end. But at the same time felt downcast that it was going to end. Main Characters: Ellen, Patrick, Jack, Saskia, Colleen, Deborah. A Hypnotist’s was finally settled with a man whom she met online. Discovering that his man has a STALKER whom was his ex. She felt interested in meeting her by not knowing that they already met. The story is well made and I really love the way how the author brings you to a trance into falling deep into gripping the book. The duration of time in the story is prolonged and really took time, which was new to me but I enjoyed it a-lot. There were a-lot of ups and downs throughout the story with situations in time, moments, nostalgia and deeper connections towards thing, events and people. The characters were endorsed and played great roles in the story. I also loved how they all relate to each other. I also felt deep connection with the characters and to their situations and roles. What I like about the book is that everything were delivered and explained perspicuously. The events were in chronological order which wasn’t intricate to get along but most of the time the story is derived in talking about the past. Before and after reading: Reading the hypnosis, I kinda pinpointed out of what the events may be and to how it was going to end. I’m a “spoiler to my own self” type of person. But I 100% agree I was impressed. I wanted to to know what was going to happen and ended up being surprised. I wasn’t just surprised of the unexpected events but of the witty, amusing, relaxing and chilling story. (Ups and downs, hide and strike.) This isn’t like the suspense, murders and crimes I mostly read but it struck me. And yes it struck me hard. 3 words: Describe the story -Love -Complicated -Intentional. 3 words: Describe my opinion -Interesting -Flow -Hypnotizing. Favorite word, phrase, motto or sentence: “Possibilities of us.” This is a fun and chill book to read and I highly recommend it.

Love this author but....

Wasn't awful. But not one her her greatest. I gave it 4 stars because I thought it was better than "ok". I was definitely intrigued by the plot of the book. I could not connect to the character opposite the main character, no matter how hard I tried. But it was an easy read and the outcome was a little different than I expected. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys this author or loves chick lit.

Just ok

I liked this story enough to finish it but I did "speed read" a bit of it out of boredom from some of the details. There were some engaging parts for sure but not enough to make it a great read for me.