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The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
💌 The Forty Rules Of Love by Elif Shafak
For the first time, I thought I could bear the delicacy this book beholds. If words were ever destined to flow in rivers of silver and gold this book deserves so much more than that. The intricate details provided in the book and the way it doesn't let you go out of the trance or pick up anything else speak volumes. The beauty of it all was, the way I could imagine or live through it all as if my human eyes got the opportunity to embrace the mere divinity of this book. I am still out of words or maybe still feeling a little choked about how every character served the purpose of its existence. I will not reveal anything about this book. I don't deserve to express how beautifully this book made me feel human and not just an unwanted creature made of flesh and blood. I would sell my soul to read it for the first time all over again, even after knowing the consequences of how the last pages of the book made me feel. So, here I am pouring my heart out, to relive the memories of this book that I never want to rinse off of me. I will keep on writing about this book and gain the courage to read this book all over again. And when I do I will live through all the characters as if I never knew them at all. And I will love them with all my heart even though a huge piece of my heart is already living in this book. Or to be very honest living through this book. It always will. No matter how old I get, I will remember that somewhere out in the world there is a woman named Elif Shafak who made me rethink things when I was already struggling to somehow stay afloat with my masked existence. All I could tell her living miles apart from her that I am grateful to read such a masterpiece and as a writer myself I would be blessed that in this world or even in a parallel universe I could impact society the way she did.
–Love S 📖
For the first time, I thought I could bear the delicacy this book beholds. If words were ever destined to flow in rivers of silver and gold this book deserves so much more than that. The intricate details provided in the book and the way it doesn't let you go out of the trance or pick up anything else speak volumes. The beauty of it all was, the way I could imagine or live through it all as if my human eyes got the opportunity to embrace the mere divinity of this book. I am still out of words or maybe still feeling a little choked about how every character served the purpose of its existence. I will not reveal anything about this book. I don't deserve to express how beautifully this book made me feel human and not just an unwanted creature made of flesh and blood. I would sell my soul to read it for the first time all over again, even after knowing the consequences of how the last pages of the book made me feel. So, here I am pouring my heart out, to relive the memories of this book that I never want to rinse off of me. I will keep on writing about this book and gain the courage to read this book all over again. And when I do I will live through all the characters as if I never knew them at all. And I will love them with all my heart even though a huge piece of my heart is already living in this book. Or to be very honest living through this book. It always will. No matter how old I get, I will remember that somewhere out in the world there is a woman named Elif Shafak who made me rethink things when I was already struggling to somehow stay afloat with my masked existence. All I could tell her living miles apart from her that I am grateful to read such a masterpiece and as a writer myself I would be blessed that in this world or even in a parallel universe I could impact society the way she did.
–Love S 📖