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A review by timsreads
The Love That Split the World by Emily Henry
4.0
Actual Rating: 4.25 stars
*Minor spoilers follow*
I don't know what exactly screamed STORY THAT WILL MAKE YOU VERY EMOTIONAL when I first looked at this book but somehow I just knew and still I let myself read it. I don't really read contemporary all that often but that cover really drew me in. Why must covers hold so much power over me? From the synopsis alone you can tell that there's a romance and oh my god I loved it. What especially drew me in was how typically teenager-y it felt. You know that giddy feeling you fall in love? The one that makes you act all stupid and put on that love sick smile? Yeah me neither but I've read enough books to know how it goes. It was really cute to see Natalie and Beau's relationship progress throughout the book and how deeply in love they were. You could tell from the very beginning how adorable they were.
There's this saying in Japanese 'Koi No Yokan' and what that means is when two people look at each other and just know they're going to fall in love but don't actually love each other at first sight. And though it isn't really explicitly stated in the book when they both first meet, it really made me think of 'Koi No Yokan'. To many the way they acted when they first met may seem insta-lovey but it felt perfectly normal to me. As both are teenagers, it made sense.But enough about that because this novel wasn't solely about Natalie and Beau. It was about Natalie's strange powers that allowed her to see things that no one around her seemed to see. When a being that visited her when she was only a child returns after three years with a warning, it starts her on the journey to understand what she really is and to figure out what to do to about that warning. I really enjoyed reading this book. It made me laugh, cry, smile and cry some more and it had me interested from the start till the end. My only problem was that it contained a lot of references to God and I know that the mention of religion can make many people uncomfortable like me so if you think you'll be able to handle that then I recommend you read the book. To those who don't have problems that people might have, you don't really have an excuse not to do you? READTHEBOOK. The endless crying is worth it trust me.
*Minor spoilers follow*
I don't know what exactly screamed STORY THAT WILL MAKE YOU VERY EMOTIONAL when I first looked at this book but somehow I just knew and still I let myself read it. I don't really read contemporary all that often but that cover really drew me in. Why must covers hold so much power over me? From the synopsis alone you can tell that there's a romance and oh my god I loved it. What especially drew me in was how typically teenager-y it felt. You know that giddy feeling you fall in love? The one that makes you act all stupid and put on that love sick smile? Yeah me neither but I've read enough books to know how it goes. It was really cute to see Natalie and Beau's relationship progress throughout the book and how deeply in love they were. You could tell from the very beginning how adorable they were.
There's this saying in Japanese 'Koi No Yokan' and what that means is when two people look at each other and just know they're going to fall in love but don't actually love each other at first sight. And though it isn't really explicitly stated in the book when they both first meet, it really made me think of 'Koi No Yokan'. To many the way they acted when they first met may seem insta-lovey but it felt perfectly normal to me. As both are teenagers, it made sense.But enough about that because this novel wasn't solely about Natalie and Beau. It was about Natalie's strange powers that allowed her to see things that no one around her seemed to see. When a being that visited her when she was only a child returns after three years with a warning, it starts her on the journey to understand what she really is and to figure out what to do to about that warning. I really enjoyed reading this book. It made me laugh, cry, smile and cry some more and it had me interested from the start till the end. My only problem was that it contained a lot of references to God and I know that the mention of religion can make many people uncomfortable like me so if you think you'll be able to handle that then I recommend you read the book. To those who don't have problems that people might have, you don't really have an excuse not to do you? READTHEBOOK. The endless crying is worth it trust me.