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A review by astosic011
The Book of Broken Hearts by Sarah Ockler
4.0
4 Stars
I was pleasantly surprised with this book. The story follows a seventeen year old girl names Jude who decides to spend the summer with her father re-build his old Harley. The catch: the mechanic who is doing said re-building is, in a way, of limits and her father has EOA (Early Onset Alzheimers).
I went into this story thinking that the main focus would be the 'love' interest. However, I was surprised, and pleased, to find that an equal, if not greater, amount of the novel was allotted to the father-daughter relationship. Jude is the youngest of four girls in her family and it was heartbreaking to read about her, essentially, losing her father. The Slow Goodbye .
I would most definitely recommend this book. The novel is not heavy on the romance as other NA and YA books are. Instead the relationship between Emilio and Jude really develops in the background of a heart-breaking circumstance in her life.
Why not 5 stars then? The dialogue was too short for my taste, there could have been more. In addition, some aspects seemed to be too redundant while others I wish were expanded on.
Scale of 1-10:
Plot: 8
Characters:7
Writing: 8
Romance:5
Relationships:7
I was pleasantly surprised with this book. The story follows a seventeen year old girl names Jude who decides to spend the summer with her father re-build his old Harley. The catch: the mechanic who is doing said re-building is, in a way, of limits and her father has EOA (Early Onset Alzheimers).
I went into this story thinking that the main focus would be the 'love' interest. However, I was surprised, and pleased, to find that an equal, if not greater, amount of the novel was allotted to the father-daughter relationship. Jude is the youngest of four girls in her family and it was heartbreaking to read about her, essentially, losing her father. The Slow Goodbye .
I would most definitely recommend this book. The novel is not heavy on the romance as other NA and YA books are. Instead the relationship between Emilio and Jude really develops in the background of a heart-breaking circumstance in her life.
Why not 5 stars then? The dialogue was too short for my taste, there could have been more. In addition, some aspects seemed to be too redundant while others I wish were expanded on.
Scale of 1-10:
Plot: 8
Characters:7
Writing: 8
Romance:5
Relationships:7