Review: The Man Who Didn't Call

The Man Who Didn't Call by Rosie Walsh
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Genre: Contemporary Fiction
​Page Length: 305 Pages
Publication Date: 1 May 2018
Publisher: Mantle
Source: NetGalley

Stars:  5 out of 5

LINKS: Amazon (UK)

ABOUT THE MAN WHO DIDN'T CALL
The Man Who Didn't Call by Rosie Walsh is a heart-wrenching love story with a dark secret at its heart, for anyone who's waited for a phone call that didn't come.
Imagine you meet a man, spend seven glorious days together, and fall in love. And it’s mutual: you’ve never been so certain of anything. So when he leaves for a long-booked holiday and promises to call from the airport, you have no cause to doubt him.
But he doesn’t call. Your friends tell you to forget him, but you know they're wrong: something must have happened; there must be a reason for his silence. What do you do when you finally discover you're right? That there is a reason -- and that reason is the one thing you didn't share with each other?
The truth.

My Review:

1) Stop what you are doing.
2) Book a weekend away in a remote cottage with a comfortable armchair.
3) Read this book.

An absolutely brilliant book.

From the moment Sarah and Eddie met I was vying for them to end up together, but every twist and turn assured me it was impossible. I read the last quarter of the book in one sitting on a long bus journey and I have to admit that I started to sob a few chapters from the end. At least the other passengers were polite enough to ignore my tears.

It was the literary equivalent of spending the evening wrapped in a duvet, with a tub of Ben & Jerry's Chunky Monkey ice cream, and binge-watching a favourite box set.

VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me a complimentary copy of The Man Who Didn't Call in exchange for my honest review.