Have you ever wondered what your new love interest is
thinking about? Ellen, the protagonist of Liane Moriarty's newest novel, skips
all that barking like a dog nonsense and goes straight for the good stuff when
she hypnotizes her new boyfriend.
Ellen is a professional hypnotherapist living in Sydney. She
has a fulfilling practice, lives in a beautiful glass-walled house on the
beach, and has a new boyfriend. All is
going along swimmingly until she discovers Patrick is being stalked by his ex. Ellen
is more intrigued than freaked when she soon figures out the ex, Saskia,
has been masquerading as one of her clients.
Saskia has been following Patrick and his son Jake for the
past three years. She met him soon after his wife died and became a de facto
mother for the young Jake. When Patrick breaks up with her she is devastated. And
determined to get him back.
Told alternately by Saskia and Ellen, the novel paints a
sympathetic picture of both. We feel sorry for Saskia and cringe with Ellen as
she turns up again and again to invade their privacy.
Moriarty has filled her novel with a full cast of witty,
memorable characters from Ellen's aloof mother to Saskia's coworker's wife
Kate. The plot will keep you turning
pages, but Moriarty's clever turn of phrase (see post title) will keep you on
the page. The Hypnotist's Love Story -
it's not an exaggeration to say it was mesmerizing.
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