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A review by laura0517
Before My Actual Heart Breaks by Tish Delaney
5.0
I think my heart did actually break on a number of occasions for dear Mary.
I just loved this book. It was frustrating at times, how self sabotaging Mary was, but it was also believable given the context of her upbringing and the times she lived in.
I was pleased Mary and John found each other in the end but I’m annoyed he seemingly got away with disappearing for over a year. And I’m sad at the wasted decades they had with each other but not truly with each other.
I did feel there was a lesson to be learned from Mary, that even if you are not living the life you thought you wanted, doesn’t mean the grass is greener or that life would have been any better. That others living the life you wanted (like Mary’s friend Lizzie) are not free from sadness and regret either.
I just loved this book. It was frustrating at times, how self sabotaging Mary was, but it was also believable given the context of her upbringing and the times she lived in.
I was pleased Mary and John found each other in the end but I’m annoyed he seemingly got away with disappearing for over a year. And I’m sad at the wasted decades they had with each other but not truly with each other.
I did feel there was a lesson to be learned from Mary, that even if you are not living the life you thought you wanted, doesn’t mean the grass is greener or that life would have been any better. That others living the life you wanted (like Mary’s friend Lizzie) are not free from sadness and regret either.