A review by coleanne
Things I Can't Forget by Miranda Kenneally

5.0

This book is my all-time favorite. I come back to it constantly and re-read it. Every time I read it I find more of myself in the pages. I don't think I'd love it as much as I do if I hadn't read it when I did, but I connected to it so deeply then. I love that

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Parker

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teaches Kate to set healthy boundaries and respect herself enough to communicate her wants and needs to

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Matt

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. This is such an important thing to learn to do, in platonic, familial, and romantic relationships and I think this line of the plot is what makes me love this book so much.

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Matt is willing to respect the boundaries that Kate communicates to him and work to keep her because he loves her, which is cheesy, but sweet.

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There are some typical tropes and

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almost everyone ends up in romantic relationships by the end

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, which is unnecessary but doesn't really detract from anything, so it's whatever. I've read this book so many times that pages are falling out of my copy.