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A review by megsbookishtwins
Love Letters to the Dead by Ava Dellaira
4.0
"I have found that sometimes, moments get stuck in your body. They are there, lodged under your skin like hard seed-stones of wonder or sadness or fear, everything else growing up around them. And if you turn a certain way, if you fall, one of them could get free. It might dissolve in your blood, or it might spring up a whole tree. Sometimes, once one of them gets out, they all start to go."
Laurel has been given an assignment for English class - to write a letter to a dead person. Laurel starts with Kurt Cobain because her sister May loved him. Both died young. Eventually, Laurel's assignment evolves into a whole notebook full of letters to dead people, writing about her life and the truth about what happened to her sister, and her involvement.
This was truly a fantastic read. There were many ways that this could have gone completely wrong, but it was written perfectly. I don't see how Love Letters to the Dead could have been written any other way. The writing was very poetic at times, and it made for a very lovely read. The story itself was a very heartbreaking one and I did shed a few tears. I found Laurel naive at times, but still a great character. She wasn't that likeable at first, but when you find out her story and what happened to her, you start to understand her more and I did start to go grow to care about her. I did not really like May. I don't see how any sister could have left her when she did, but I guess she didn't really know any better.
I loved Laurel's relationship to those people around her. It all felt very real and relatable. I wasn't much of a fan of the romance, and I was very happy that it wasn't at the forefront of the story.
Overall, a really great read that I thoroughly enjoyed and would definitely recommend.
Laurel has been given an assignment for English class - to write a letter to a dead person. Laurel starts with Kurt Cobain because her sister May loved him. Both died young. Eventually, Laurel's assignment evolves into a whole notebook full of letters to dead people, writing about her life and the truth about what happened to her sister, and her involvement.
This was truly a fantastic read. There were many ways that this could have gone completely wrong, but it was written perfectly. I don't see how Love Letters to the Dead could have been written any other way. The writing was very poetic at times, and it made for a very lovely read. The story itself was a very heartbreaking one and I did shed a few tears. I found Laurel naive at times, but still a great character. She wasn't that likeable at first, but when you find out her story and what happened to her, you start to understand her more and I did start to go grow to care about her. I did not really like May. I don't see how any sister could have left her when she did, but I guess she didn't really know any better.
I loved Laurel's relationship to those people around her. It all felt very real and relatable. I wasn't much of a fan of the romance, and I was very happy that it wasn't at the forefront of the story.
Overall, a really great read that I thoroughly enjoyed and would definitely recommend.