"Imagine if your father knocked on your door, one day after his death, and if through a crazy twist of fate, you could suddenly spend a few more days with him? One week, and that’s all you get, to say everything left unsaid. You’re telling me you wouldn’t leap at that opportunity? As absurd as it seems?"

Julia and her father didn't get along so well for most of her life. He used to make her feel lonely, always being so controlling and distant. But then, he died on the day of her wedding and showed up on her door the next day. He was really dead, but somehow he found a way to be back for a few more days just to talk to her. At first, she got really freaked out and wasn't really into the idea of spending more time with him. But then, he convinced her that those days would be good for them. He needed a last chance to make her understand why things were the way they were in their family.

I believe most people would love to have second chances too. The book may seem a little cray cray at times, but it was a very nice read.

Thank you Net Galley for the chance to read this in exchange for an honest opinion.

Amusing idea, what if we could come back and say what we didn't when alive, but it was too much anger for me. Sure, maybe if we were ignored by a parent our whole lives, we wouldn't be overly sad upon their passing, but the anger felt here towards the father when he does come back for a short time, just felt off.

True, his funeral postpones her wedding, but she seems more into work than planning a wedding anyway. Not many brides put off finding a dress until 4 days before the ceremony and then only when the gay best friend drags her off to shop and makes her buy one.

The characters weren't all that likable in the first place. Why was she marrying Adam when it did not seem to be a relationship that set off any fireworks? Then, after good old dad comes back, why take out the anger on Adam? When dad drags her off on what would have been her honeymoon, why is she angry at the bellhop and dad and..... it was just over the top anger. Exhausting to me so I didn't bother to finish it.

I read to escape and enjoy and this was neither. I would not suggest this for my students or anyone I know.

Next up is a novel called All Those Things We Never Said by Marc Levy. After The Visitors, Im going to need a complete change of genre and this one looks like a sweet story. I am looking forward to reading it.

Check it out:

Days before her wedding, Julia Walsh is blindsided twice: once by the sudden death of her estranged father…and again when he appears on her doorstep after his funeral, ready to make amends, right his past mistakes, and prevent her from making new ones.

Surprised, to say the least, Julia reluctantly agrees to turn what should have been her honeymoon into a spontaneous road trip with her father to make up for lost time. But when an astonishing secret is revealed about a past relationship, their trip becomes a whirlwind journey of rediscovery that takes them from Montreal to Paris to Berlin and back home again, where Julia learns that even the smallest gestures she might have taken for granted have the power to change her life forever.

One of my favorite books of all time includes The Man Who Risked It All by Laurent Gounelle, translated like this book, from French to English. I feel sorry for people who don’t read and miss out on all of the feelings and emotions of an amazing book!