A review by kimalexander
We Still Live by Sara Dobie Bauer

5.0

Normally I lean towards fiction with a fantasy element, but I trust the author so I plunged in--and so glad I did! The characters ached and loved and grew and I felt what they felt. As other reviewers have pointed out, the ex-boyfriend character felt a bit undercooked, but John is drawn with such delicacy and poignancy it more than made up for problems elsewhere. I loved the idea that sometimes love doesn't heal you--doing the work in therapy and getting the help you need makes you available to be a partner. After all, your beloved is not a defibrillator!