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d1onysuss's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
persypie's review against another edition
4.0
This was hauntingly beautiful. A novel that tackles grief and its affects in everyone, friendship, societal expectations, survivor’s guilt and so much more. There aren’t enough words to do this work justice. Bravo.
hannahinlibraryland's review against another edition
5.0
This was the book I needed this week. The appropriate read for a person going through the stages of grief.
alexisfay13's review against another edition
5.0
Wow. I'm surprised by how much I loved this. I picked this one up on a whim from my 'books I'm thinking of unhauling' pile. And then I just could not put it down. So good!
brokenrecord's review against another edition
4.0
This was pretty good! I'm always up for a You've Got Mail type of set-up - I will read basically any romance with any remotely similar premise. I liked Juliet and Declan a lot, and the friendships between Rev and Declan, and Rev and Juliet, were great. I did think all the drama about her mom's death and Declan's accident was a little much. Despite those complaints, I did still enjoy this!
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I also liked that even though Declan tried to convince Juliet that it wasn't him who was sending the letters, she still suspected it could be him.Spoiler
I mean, it seemed like it took a little too long for them to find out that he wasn't involved. Like, it should be pretty easy to look up where her mom's accident happened and where his accident happened and the timing and see if it could be his fault, which is what she basically did, but I don't know why she didn't do it IMMEDIATELY. It just didn't seem plausible to me that it would cause tension for more than a couple minutes since it should've been simple to verify. And as a side note, the fact that her mom was cheating on her dad seemed like it was just kind of thrown in at the end and wasn't fully resolved.fritz42's review against another edition
5.0
Lately, I’ve been on a kick of reading books with a You’ve Got Mail theme. The kind where boy meets girl via some written communication form, and they connect on an emotional level, only to hate each other in real life. In fact, I found this book via the Goodreads Recommendation for [b:Alex, Approximately|34927042|Alex, Approximately|Jenn Bennett|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1492787431s/34927042.jpg|48100718].
Only this book was different and so much more than the others. The other ones were more light-hearted. This one grapples with the question: how does one continue to live and come back from losing a big chunk of one’s life when a love one has died. It grabbed me by my heart and held on the two days it took me to finish it.
In this book we have two people, hurting from such major loses: Juliet had lost her mother and Declan had lost his sister and, subsequently, his father. Juliet spends her time writing letters to her mother, leaving them at her grave. Declan just tries to hold on and get through the hours of community service he has to perform, mowing the lawn at the cemetery. Neither are handling their pain well. On top of all that, both have people who have grown impatient and expect them to be on the road back to their previous selves. Juliet and Declan have such anger rolling inside of them, I wondered how they could even cope with it all. Julia internalizes her, whereas Declan just lets his erupt when things get too much. Unsurprisingly, both of them have shut down, cutting themselves off from significant people in their lives.
So when Declan leaves a two-word response on one of Julia’s letters, it starts them down a path of opening up to each other via letters and then later emails. Their thoughts, pain, and feelings just pour out of them. They become what the other needs: an outlet for all of that with someone who truly understands.
In real life, they attend the same high school. The two of them have preconceived notions of the other, and they aren’t flattering, let me just say. There were times that I wanted to shake the two of them. They say some incredibly cruel and hurtful things to each other, as people in pain oft do. But even with all of that, their comments and suggestions in their on-line exchanges helps them recognize something in the other one during their real life interactions, helping them start to connect, with each other and with others in their lives.
This is a book that I will remember for a long time.
Only this book was different and so much more than the others. The other ones were more light-hearted. This one grapples with the question: how does one continue to live and come back from losing a big chunk of one’s life when a love one has died. It grabbed me by my heart and held on the two days it took me to finish it.
In this book we have two people, hurting from such major loses: Juliet had lost her mother and Declan had lost his sister and, subsequently, his father. Juliet spends her time writing letters to her mother, leaving them at her grave. Declan just tries to hold on and get through the hours of community service he has to perform, mowing the lawn at the cemetery. Neither are handling their pain well. On top of all that, both have people who have grown impatient and expect them to be on the road back to their previous selves. Juliet and Declan have such anger rolling inside of them, I wondered how they could even cope with it all. Julia internalizes her, whereas Declan just lets his erupt when things get too much. Unsurprisingly, both of them have shut down, cutting themselves off from significant people in their lives.
So when Declan leaves a two-word response on one of Julia’s letters, it starts them down a path of opening up to each other via letters and then later emails. Their thoughts, pain, and feelings just pour out of them. They become what the other needs: an outlet for all of that with someone who truly understands.
In real life, they attend the same high school. The two of them have preconceived notions of the other, and they aren’t flattering, let me just say. There were times that I wanted to shake the two of them. They say some incredibly cruel and hurtful things to each other, as people in pain oft do. But even with all of that, their comments and suggestions in their on-line exchanges helps them recognize something in the other one during their real life interactions, helping them start to connect, with each other and with others in their lives.
This is a book that I will remember for a long time.
jenniferjoy's review against another edition
4.0
I didn’t realize how emotional this book would make me, I definitely cried! Would recommend for a romance that makes you cry (in a good way)!
rekadarnb's review against another edition
5.0
It was a solid 4.5. I don’t know if I’d read it again; the themes were heavy. I learned there is a second book for Rev. I liked him, so I think I’ll get it a go!
kimbergakker's review against another edition
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5