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A review by misssusan
Love Walked in by Marisa de los Santos
4.0
Five Things That Are Great About Love Walked In
+ The writing. Marisa de los Santos' background is in poetry and it shows. Plus writing a main character who's a huge classic movie buff is an excellent excuse for nearly unrealistically good dialogue.
+ And speaking of the main character! Cordelia is marvelous, a good person who's a bit lost in a way I found really recognizable. I'm impressed by people who know what they want and go for it, I've never had that kind of certain ambition. Neither does Cordelia. She's still doing pretty well for herself though.
+ It starts off looking like one familiar kind of love story – 'My life started when a man walked in, a handsome stranger in a perfectly cut suit' – and changes to a different one that I liked much better.
+ This book is about people trying their best to live as good people. I read this manga Flowers of Evil awhile back which I didn't like because it's the kind of story that feels morally bankrupt – where it conflates we're all screwed up with we're all awful people – and this is the opposite of that. Cordelia wants to do the right thing even when it's hard and hurts her.
+ Also to go back to that third point this is a really really excellent love story. All kinds of love: friendship and romance and parental. It's practically glowing with affection and it made me feel hugely happy to read it.
4 stars
+ The writing. Marisa de los Santos' background is in poetry and it shows. Plus writing a main character who's a huge classic movie buff is an excellent excuse for nearly unrealistically good dialogue.
+ And speaking of the main character! Cordelia is marvelous, a good person who's a bit lost in a way I found really recognizable. I'm impressed by people who know what they want and go for it, I've never had that kind of certain ambition. Neither does Cordelia. She's still doing pretty well for herself though.
+ It starts off looking like one familiar kind of love story – 'My life started when a man walked in, a handsome stranger in a perfectly cut suit' – and changes to a different one that I liked much better.
+ This book is about people trying their best to live as good people. I read this manga Flowers of Evil awhile back which I didn't like because it's the kind of story that feels morally bankrupt – where it conflates we're all screwed up with we're all awful people – and this is the opposite of that. Cordelia wants to do the right thing even when it's hard and hurts her.
+ Also to go back to that third point this is a really really excellent love story. All kinds of love: friendship and romance and parental. It's practically glowing with affection and it made me feel hugely happy to read it.
4 stars