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A review by strawberrymivvy
How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
It took me a while to get into this book, which is not your typical rom-com in many ways. Helen comes from a first generation Chinese immigrant family, and has a difficult relationship with her parents. She's not sure her job as a YA writer is "good enough", even when the rights are bought to be made into a Netflix show and she has to fly to LA for 6 months to join the writers' room.
Helen is stunned to find one of her co-writers is Grant, who killer her sister more than ten years ago. Can she work with him? Can she keep the secret from her parents who would be destroyed by the knowledge?
This is more than just an enemies to lovers trope, touching on darker issues of suicide, familial responsibilities and more, and the characters really did feel well-developed, conflicted people.
Excited to see the writer's adaptation of the Emily Henry books on the screen, and an author I'm sure I'll read more of
Helen is stunned to find one of her co-writers is Grant, who killer her sister more than ten years ago. Can she work with him? Can she keep the secret from her parents who would be destroyed by the knowledge?
This is more than just an enemies to lovers trope, touching on darker issues of suicide, familial responsibilities and more, and the characters really did feel well-developed, conflicted people.
Excited to see the writer's adaptation of the Emily Henry books on the screen, and an author I'm sure I'll read more of
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Suicide, and Car accident