02 Apr Musso’s – Will you be there?
Would you like to go back in time? To what point in time? Why? Who would you like to meet?
These are the kinds of questions that may come to mind after reading Guillaume Musso’s book Will you be there?. Musso is a French writer famous for his morality novels, who seamlessly weaves psychological and detective aspects into his stories. He has a light writing style and his books contain a lot of dialogue, definitely making them quicker to absorb. After reading a dozen or so pages, the reader can feel included in an offbeat, mysterious plot that is hard to pull away from.
The novel Will you be there? tells the story of a doctor, Elliot, who by chance, thanks to his good deed, meets a man through whom he will be able to travel through time. These exciting journeys will give him the opportunity to meet the one and only love of his life, Ilena, a veterinarian who deals with dolphins and orcas.
Facing the past offers many possibilities. However, would the protagonist choose to interfere with the past? Would he fight his fate? Would he use all the possibilities of the journey, or would he after all count on other ways of settling the past? These and other questions come to mind, and Musso answers them in a light and engaging way.
The reading is fascinating, with the author keeping the reader in suspense until the last chapter, before revealing the solution to the mystery. However, this is not the only reason why I recommend this item. In my opinion, you can derive something for yourself from every story of this kind. It is worth at least answering a few questions for yourself. How important are love and friendship to me? What would I do to live a healthy and happy life with my loved ones? Or are our choices, like Elliot’s philosophy of life, dictated by childhood experiences?
The story Musso presents is about the importance of our decisions, about how good intentions don’t always result in a good solution to a problem. However, the book leaves us hopeful that through others we can shape our future better.