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Iubirea care a rupt lumea în două, by Emily Henry

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iggyebab's review against another edition

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2.0

Beautifully written, fable like story with elements of Native American culture. I liked the story but did not love it.

ashleyquinn's review against another edition

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3.5

I prefer Emily Henry’s more recent novels but I do love the existential/spiritual/philosophization in her YA books. Her observations of the world and relationships are lovely.

Imagine if she meshed them

kafkallection's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful mysterious relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

I finished this mostly in one day. It felt comforting, like any other Emily Henry book something about the writing is magical. She is just able to describe love in a way that makes it feel real.

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4.0

This is a book that crawls into your soul and sits there. I have thought constantly about it since I turned the last page over two weeks ago. It should also be noted that as an adult, it has become harder and harder for me to marathon books. I'm not a young'n like I once was; gone are the nights of no sleep to finish a book, you know, with work in the morning. But, I finished this in a single weekend. So, there's that.

check out my whole review on my blog, www.deertalesblog.wordpress.com

cethies's review against another edition

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3.0

I didn't love the spiritual aspects of this book- as a Christian, I felt like it was a little irreverent. However, the ending tied it together nicely.

lediamond4's review against another edition

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2.0

Oh boy. Where to begin?

I wish I liked this book more. I wish I could like it more. I liked the idea of this book. I loved it actually. But that’s it. The idea.

I liked all of the characters except for the two main love interests and Matt. We’ll touch on Matt in a bit.

Here’s the main issue. I did find it largely. . . problematic? concerning? that the protagonist of this book was an adopted Native American young women who lives in a white family. and that there are multiple stories from Native American cultural sprinkled throughout this novel. Why is that problematic/concerning? Well, the author is white. And I think, because a HUGE part of the story ARE the stories within it as well as Natalie’s own personal identity, it just should have. . . maybe not been written by a white woman. Maybe.

If I’m being totally transparent here, as a white woman myself, I’m not sure. I’m not really the person who should make the call on that. I do think that the author’s intentions were good but I don’t know if that makes a difference. I’d be interested in hearing what other people, particularly non-whites think. It just made me uncomfortable.

Other, more basic things I took issue with. I didn’t care for Beau. I found him pretty bland. His “fhaun” or whatever it is got old really fast.

Matt was an a**h*le, change my mind. He was rude, self-absorbed, rapey, and didn’t know how to handle rejection in its gentlest form. I hate how he behaved and then once he got in his car accident, everyone was crying, “ohhh Matty, the dear soul”. What???

It also seemed VERY similar to “A Million Junes” except just not as good.

Does Emily Henry know how to write a book where the protagonists aren’t constantly sarcastic or trying to be witty? Genuinely asking here, because this is now the fourth book of hers I’ve read and I hate to say it, but she doesn’t branch out much.

This story was way too long and confusing. Again, I liked the basic idea, but I don’t think it was well executed.

This last bit might just be me being a cry baby but I didn’t like the ending. I don’t think it needed to be that sad.

Anyway I was disappointed by this one.