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celesteleila's review
challenging
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This book was an interesting read. There’s magical realism and a lot of exploration on the concept of love. I found the overall plot and certain elements of the story compelling but the story did not flow very well. There were so many side stories and new characters all the way until the end and I found it took away from the plot. In general, Alice was a fun main character but I think that the elements of her story got lost in the plot and it left me confused. I think if there were a few less subplots there would have been more continuity and more exploration of some of the amazing characters in the story whose stories didn’t feel complete to me. This book also got dark at parts and I actually appreciated the tone shift at times because it really put love in a different perspective for me. Those reflective aspects helped me finish the book in its entirety.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent
sophs_mood_reading's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
slow-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
4.0
A beautiful story of love. Finding love, loosing love, passionate love, dangerous love and other types of love in between.
Alice does not want love or a relationship, these things are not for her. However, she feels strangely compelled to write a story for her friend Gabby who is struggling after a break up. When finally hearing back from her friend two weeks later, Gabby claims the story magically made her find love and the same occurred for the next few people who read her story.
Word gets out and soon Alice is being paid thousands of dollars a book as a love scribe.
One day Alice is asked by Madeline who asks her to write her a story, yet Alice can’t manage to write this story. As Alice tries to get to know Madeline, in order to get the words to flow, she starts to uncover more than she expected.
This was a beautiful book, I loved the idea of a a book magically making someone discover who they are and open up to love. There was also a great, darker twist to the story that wasn’t expected but gave it so much more depth.
I did feel it could be slightly shorter but enjoyed it all the same.
Alice does not want love or a relationship, these things are not for her. However, she feels strangely compelled to write a story for her friend Gabby who is struggling after a break up. When finally hearing back from her friend two weeks later, Gabby claims the story magically made her find love and the same occurred for the next few people who read her story.
Word gets out and soon Alice is being paid thousands of dollars a book as a love scribe.
One day Alice is asked by Madeline who asks her to write her a story, yet Alice can’t manage to write this story. As Alice tries to get to know Madeline, in order to get the words to flow, she starts to uncover more than she expected.
This was a beautiful book, I loved the idea of a a book magically making someone discover who they are and open up to love. There was also a great, darker twist to the story that wasn’t expected but gave it so much more depth.
I did feel it could be slightly shorter but enjoyed it all the same.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: Physical abuse and Murder
Minor: Cancer, Death, and Car accident
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