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challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
I loved this book. It is rarer these days for me to read a romance but as it's February I found I was in the mood. However, this book is much more than romance. It is about first love, first loss, the first time you realise love may not solve everything and external events bursting that bubble.
Clara and Benjamin meet at university. They are very different people but see something in each other they need. The book reminded me of another of my favourite books - One Day by David Nicholls - in the way the story was told and also the behaviours of the two characters.
For me personally this book was incredibly nostalgic. I am only 5 years younger than the characters so recognised a lot of the cultural and new stories references of the time and I went to university in Sunderland so regularly travelled on the London to Newcastle train and I have very special memories of those train journeys. I'm also nostalgic for when it used to be £10 each way on the train!
The story has an enormous amount of depth. It starts with a bombing and the link back to this at the end was very clever. I thought Clara and Benjamin's ending was perfect, although I would definitely be open to a sequel!
My favourite quote:
"It has changed, but not so much that the faded memories - of being a different person, a different version of herself - don't creep behind her as she walks."
Clara and Benjamin meet at university. They are very different people but see something in each other they need. The book reminded me of another of my favourite books - One Day by David Nicholls - in the way the story was told and also the behaviours of the two characters.
For me personally this book was incredibly nostalgic. I am only 5 years younger than the characters so recognised a lot of the cultural and new stories references of the time and I went to university in Sunderland so regularly travelled on the London to Newcastle train and I have very special memories of those train journeys. I'm also nostalgic for when it used to be £10 each way on the train!
The story has an enormous amount of depth. It starts with a bombing and the link back to this at the end was very clever. I thought Clara and Benjamin's ending was perfect, although I would definitely be open to a sequel!
My favourite quote:
"It has changed, but not so much that the faded memories - of being a different person, a different version of herself - don't creep behind her as she walks."
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Infertility
Minor: Eating disorder, Self harm, and Cancer
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