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The Last Love Note by Emma Grey

34 reviews

cc_shelflove's review against another edition

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emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

What a devastating novel! It was amazing to read in the acknowledgements just how many pieces of Emma Grey herself were included in this story. Kate’s husband died two years ago, and she wonders if she will ever be able to remove herself from an unending spiral of grief. Can she open her heart to Hugh, a friend who has been there through every step of her loss, and a man who will drop everything for someone in need? I felt that the scattered timeline of this novel took away from the story at times, but even still, the pages had my emotions flickering between sadness and laughter. I definitely teared up a couple of times. I would recommend this for fans of Abby Jimenez—that woman always rips my heart out. 
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krissareads's review against another edition

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challenging emotional sad

3.75

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hellosarahpham's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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juliacooperrock's review

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challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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katrinarenea's review

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emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

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greatestheights's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This is a book for grievers written by a griever. Regardless of your loss, you will feel seen by this gentle, beautiful book, which handles the aftershocks of grief, loss, and moving forward so well. I cried a lot.
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nerdygnome's review against another edition

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challenging dark hopeful sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was a tough read emotionally. There's something about the theme of spousal death that is extra hard for me — not from personal experience, I just prefer to deny that it's a possible reality. That said, this book got me in all the right places. The way grief is portrayed is so genuine that it hurts, and I wasn't at all surprised to hear Emma Grey share her personal experience with spousal grief in her author's notes. 

Two years after the loss of her husband Cam, Kate is still deep in her grief processing and not sure she can ever love another man. Keeping herself busy and distracted with her young son and demanding job, it isn't until she's stranded by a diverted airline flight that she truly lets her grief in, with her boss Hugh getting a center-row seat to the implosion. 
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astoriareader's review

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adventurous emotional slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

SYNOPSIS:
  • Kate is a widow & a single mom. Her husband, Cam, passed away, and she’s understandably struggling.
  • She has a great support system. Her mother, her best friend, Grace, and her boss, Hugh, are her inner circle.
  • She works at a university fundraising job, and she is traveling with Hugh for work. Due to some in flight issues, Hugh and Kate end up having a weekend on the east coast of Australia when the plane reroutes. With this weekend, she finally has some time to figure out what she wants in her life.

MY THOUGHTS
  • Full disclosure: this isn’t my usual genre, so I do think avid readers of romance genre will enjoy this more than I did.
  • I give the author major kudos for writing a story that is so personal to her own journey. In the acknowledgement section of the book, she mentioned she is a widow herself.
  • The book covers some tough topics, like being a widow, grief, and learning to love again.
  • The writing was okay, but overall, the story felt predictable & had a lot of cliches. I didn’t feel like there was a whole lot of character development, and they felt very one-dimensional.

TL;DR: ⭐️⭐️⭐️decent read. not my usual genre. predictable with lots of cliches.
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beatyjulia's review

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emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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fink1129's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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