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adiloretto's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
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? Yes
3.5
"It’s hard for me sometimes that we aren’t together. I never know where the lines are. I want to cross them all the time."
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Rape, Car accident, and Alcohol
lilylaflair's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
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? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent
siijayreads's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I've been waiting for you to come home for eleven years. I'll go anywhere you go.
This book has been sitting on my shelf for months now and I regret not starting it sooner!! As I was nearing the end I immediately knew that I was SO not ready to say good bye just yet. And yes, in fact, I let out a curse when I turned the page and the acknowledgements greeted me because I so badly want another chapter with them!!
I cannot even begin to describe how much this booked has affected me. Love and Other Words is a beautiful, touching, tragic, and emotional story that perfecly narrates a story of love that begun in adolescence and bloomed and transcendent into adulthood. The use of words is such a substantial thing to this story which beautifully mirrors the book's title. This is told in a past and present perspective and I love how cohesively it is done that naturally progresses the story. The writing is eloquent and beatiful in its way of conveying the developing love between Macy and Elliot and it does the story justice! Their story felt so real that, if this wasn't advertised as fiction, I would wonder if their love story was borrowed from a real life couple. Reading this one allowed me to feel a plethora of emotions. I was SO invested and was SO hooked! I cannot put the book down and I finished it TWO days which is such a rare thing for me 😭 The writing is so good that I was able to connect with the characters thus allowing me to feel what they feel.
From the moment Macy and Elliot met, I was already in love with them. They have engraved a space in my heart and have truly redefined for me what loving someone entails. It defies time, hurt, space, grief, and it comes back stronger. The fact that they have been so much together since they were teens made everything that they've been through together more meaningful. Their shared love for books (which I adore so much) is one of my favorite aspect of their relationship 💕 Their sweet moments and milesstones they shared together was so wholesome and sweet I love reading and connecting their past as much I love reading their present selves. I love how this story touched on love in its many forms. Love shared between family, friends, and lovers. A love that was lost and then found, the grief that comes with love, and how love, as much as it can give us everything, can also have the power to destroy us once its gone. At one point, the scene was so intense that I physically reacted to it, my heart was pounding, my hand was cold and numb, and my mind was like a livewire anxiously predicting what would happen.
I was supposed to give this one 5 starts, in fact, halfway towards the book I was already dead set on giving this one five stars. However, the ending kind of felt rushed. I thought there was still a lot to unpack in terms of what really happened that ultimately led to their many years of distance from each other. Without giving too much away, I wished the authors expanded more on *that* certain event and didn't labeled it that way to explicitly clear a misunderstanding between the characters and also to give light to such a serious issue. I was so happy to know though that there's a bonus epilogue released with the SE ver of this book and I'm glad it touched on that. Aside from that, this book has become dear to me and I can't believe a book can simultaneously give me life and destroy me all at once.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Car accident
Moderate: Sexual assault and Death of parent
armstrongangela83's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: Sexual assault
sharkyray's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
sad
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? Yes
4.75
I would have preferred a bit more after the the last now section after Macy dropped her big bomb on Elliot to work through some more stuff between the two of them. But otherwise I loved the emotionality of it. The then parts were my favorite, watching them grow up together
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Death of parent
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Sexual assault
sandonat's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-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
4.75
The characters feel developed and had distinct personalities and agency. Really touching relationships at the center and with side characters. A little annoyed with the ending twist but overall a good read. Loved the honest and upfront nature of the characters discussing their emotions and thoughts. Would definitely read again.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Cancer, Infidelity, and Car accident
georgiaw2k's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
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? Yes
5.0
- I had high expectations going into this book - I’d heard people say this is Christina Lauren’s BEST book {I was apprehensive because I have the tendency to have the opposite option of popular books}
- I had a feeling that this book would be emotional - I wasn’t expecting to be bawling and snotting all over the place with how much I was crying {I physically couldn’t read because it was blurry} Knowing she lost her dad in that way devastated me (I did and did not see it coming
- This book was devastatingly beautiful and I wish I had of read it in a shorter period - reading motivation was wack this month (Blaming it on exhaustion and post Eras Tour)
- I think I would’ve loved it more if I had of read it in a shorter period - struggled to connect fully with the characters, but still a 5 star read
- Loved it more than Josh and Hazel.
- I wish we saw more of Elliot and Macy being together at the end - I wanted to see ALL of their milestones together
- Their story reminded me a lot of It ends with us - Lily and Atlas’ story and how they were right person wrong time/ misunderstanding
- I liked the alternating chapters between past and present - just wish we saw more of the drunken night (was Elliot drugged?)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief and Death of parent
huddlestonmaeg's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Loved this book!! Kind of reminded me of the people we meet on vacation by emily henry in the aspect of soulmates and lacking communication being a big deal, which is frustrating to read about but I understood the lack of communication in this story so much more! I also just finished The Unhoneymooners (also by Christina Lauren) and Love and Other Words is SO much better!!! It’s got wonderful characters and a great hook with a wonderful ending as well. The middle was kind of slow though so it was hard to get through but worth it. VERY sad! Lots of trigger warnings. Cute story/book though.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Car accident, and Death of parent
bringitona's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
sad
tense
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? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Death of parent
Moderate: Cursing, Infidelity, Car accident, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Vomit, and Pregnancy
michelle_adb's review
emotional
funny
lighthearted
sad
tense
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
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent