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emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
Letters of Note: Love is a collection of love letters collected by Shaun Usher. The letters are written by people from across the world, writing from different centuries, all dealing with the subject of love – some romantic, some poetic, a couple intense and very passionate.
As someone who isn’t very romantic and doesn’t even read romance novels, I don’t even know why I was drawn to this! Maybe it was because it has that historical element and as a history student I thought I’d be interested? Who knows, but I’m glad I decided to listen to it! What a marvellous collection of love letters, all showing such intense emotion, discussions of financial issues and bride price, cheating, scandals, same-sex love and deep friendship, which all made it an absolutely gem to read.
I don’t really have much else to say, other than how beautiful this collection was, with Shaun himself narrating between each letter, giving context and adding so much more depth and complexity to the already complex letters. If you’re looking for an easy read that will leave you with tears in your eyes and laughing throughout, this book is one I’d recommend.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Death, Cursing, Child death, Drug use, Medical content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship
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