80 Days - Die Farbe Der Erfüllung (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
"And you’re both morons.""Both?" "Yes you two are your own worst enemies." "You are like children, the way you play with your emotions, I swear.""Enough playing games. You were made for each other." Eighty Days Red - Page 252, 253 Lauralynn describes the relationship between Summer and Dominik very simple and sees it how it actually is. She is only a minor character and appears repeatedly in dialogues between Summer and Dominik. In a way, she smoothes the waves every now and then and calls out the truth. She is the character in the series, which I like most. She is is not afraid to say, what she thinks and puts especially Dominik in his place like a true friend would do.In the second book, the story has taken very long. That has not changed in the third book of the series. This is also one of the reasons why it took me a little longer than usual to read it. Mostly the story remains very tedious. Although much of it was also necessary, so Summer and Dominik could finally come to a point to give their relationship another try.The decisive factor was the disappearance of Summers violin, the Bailly or "the Angelique", as it is now called in the book. Dominik researches for his new book on the history of the violin, which brought Summer and Dominik together in the first place. When the instrument is stolen, I found, a part of Summer herself got stolen or lost. At the beginning of the book she is still together with Simòn, but it is rather a relationship of convenience, which soon comes to an end.Summer subsequently decides to go on tour with Groucho Nights, Chris' band in which she played the violin there before. This leads to a temporary affair with Viggo Franck (a rock star). But it is not a serious relationship, rather a casual affair. Later it results in a triangle affair with him and Luba. Luba is a Russian dancer Summer met before, when she was still together with Dominik.At the end it turns out that Viggo Franck has stolen the Bailly because he assumed that the violin represented only a substitute instrument for Summer. He simply found it beautiful and he collects such items. As Summer confronts Viggo, he realizes that it's been a mistake to take it away from her. He promises to give it back.At the same time, Dominik is in the process of stealing the Bailly from Viggo (for Summer). Unfortunately, the door to the vault closes and he falls into a trap as he is about to take the violin. Then he is locked in the room in complete darkness until he is picked up by Summer and Viggo several hours later.This part of the story could have been more developed. It was very nice that Summer got her violin back, but it seemed to me as if the authors wanted to finish the series very quickly. In a way I had expected that Viggo was a little more sneaky and would have demanded a further condition for the release of the violin.The book series was very interesting and you could witness how the main characters evolved over time to finally find each other and to trust each other more. Still, both have great communication difficulties and still have to learn a lot about each other. The story itself has a nice end. But many of the passages and side stories I found rather boring. The red thread is sometimes missing, so I didn't felt the urge to read the book futher.(It really took me more time than usual to finish this book)Nevertheless, the book series is not yet complete. The story of Summer and Dominik is finshed, but stories of some interesting side characters are told in spin-offs and illuminated from their perspective. I found some of the side characters very interesting, so I will also read the other two books, that are published so far: Eighty Days Amber and Eighty Days White. But will pospone that for a later time, as I want to take a little break from Vina Jacksons World. (This is a brief synopsis of the book, there is more that I could add to this section of my review...)Eighteen months has past since either Summer or Dominik has seen each other. They both move on with their lives or have they? The female character that he used in his book seemed that it was based on her...Summer has been in a unfulfilling but stable relationship with the conductor, Simone. Simone notices things and lets her go on with her life. Summer decides to move back to London. She has had a very successful stint playing her violin and meets back up with her friend, Chris. Chris conveniences Summer to play with his band Groucho Nights, she agrees. She leaves her Bailly violin in the green room and steps up to play with the band. The next day in a frantic discover her violin was stolen. What happens next is series of events that bring Dominik and Summer back together in search of the violin. As well as find some interesting information about her Bailly, ones that spark the creativity side for Dominik to complete his next book. This one is A LOT tamer than the other two in this series and was nice change of pace for me personally cause I was unsure if I could take any more of my hard-limits big hit... Overall a 4 star read. I received the book for an honest review, thanks.
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