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The Last Love Note by Emma Grey

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lindyhopper's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.0


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maggiestraveledbookshelf's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

โ€œ๐™Š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™๐™–๐™ง๐™ฅ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ก๐™š๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™œ๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™› ๐™จ๐™ค๐™›๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™™ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™—๐™ก๐™ช๐™ง๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™œ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™จ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™– ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™๐™ž๐™ข ๐™—๐™š๐™œ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™›๐™ค๐™˜๐™ช๐™จ, ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™๐™ž๐™ข ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ž๐™›๐™ž๐™š๐™™ ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ฎ, ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š.โ€

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Wow. If you loved the movie PS I Love You, then you need to read this book. 

Overview:
โ€ขContemporary Romance
โ€ขIntense Grief Journey
โ€ขEmotional Storytelling 
โ€ขSet in Australia 
โ€ขThemes of Identity, Life, and Death

Kate has been widowed for two years when she gets stranded on a work trip with her boss, forcing her to confront her grief and examine her life choices. 

The pinnacle of this story is the depiction of longlasting grief. Because the author went through a similar journey, the resonance of her words is staggering and heartfelt.

โ€œ๐™„โ€™๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™จ ๐™™๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™. ๐™„๐™ฉ ๐™๐™ค๐™ก๐™™๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™ ๐™™๐™š๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ž๐™ง. ๐™„๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™–๐™™๐™š, ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š ๐™š๐™ก๐™–๐™ฅ๐™จ๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ก๐™™ ๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™›๐™ฉ๐™จ.โ€

The love story between Kate and Cam is effortlessly beautiful. And that makes his death all the more heartbreaking and tragic. I loved the way we got flashbacks to certain scenes and pivotal memories. What a journey. 

โ€œ๐™†๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š. ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™๐™คโ€™๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐˜พ๐™๐™–๐™ง๐™ก๐™ž๐™š ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ข๐™ช๐™˜๐™ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™„ ๐™™๐™ค.โ€

Watching the fortitude of Kate and the earnest loyalty of Hugh was magical. My heart hurt for each of them, and Iโ€™m so thankful for how this story concluded. 

Also, a special shout out to the friendship between Kate and Grace! May every single mom have a support system like her.

โ€œ๐™„๐™ฉโ€™๐™จ ๐™– ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™›๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™‚๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™š ๐™๐™–๐™จ ๐™– ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง ๐™จ๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐˜พ๐™๐™–๐™ง๐™ก๐™ž๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง.โ€

This is obviously a heavier story. Iโ€™ll list the trigger warnings below, but they are a little spoiler-y, so donโ€™t read them if you donโ€™t like spoilers! There are also multiple humorous moments that provide much needed levity. 

Overall, I definitely recommend this book to anyone who wants an emotional read! 


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TW: death of a spouse, miscarriage, early on-set Alzheimerโ€™s 

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amybartoli29's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

4.25


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damira_rx22's review against another edition

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emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.75

Grief captured in such a beautiful, kind, and heart felt story. I wanted a bit more of a grand ending and thatโ€™s the only reason itโ€™s not marked as a 5 star. I highly, absolutely would  recommend!! 

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4.0


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booklady_katie's review against another edition

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emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0


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elisabethjoe's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful 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

5.0


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mannnishboy's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

3.75


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fairynanook's review against another edition

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emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

I really loved this book. If you have lived with intense grief, then you know when someone who has also suffered is writing about it.  Emma Grey writes grief incredibly well. It is both difficult and cathartic to read.  I was in teas at numerous points throughout the book, but so excited to see where the journey would take the characters. Highly recommend if you are in a place where you can read an emotional, but still hopeful book. 

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rebthebarber's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5


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