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The Lost Love Song: The beautiful and romantic new book from the author of Star-Crossed
Minnie Darke
3.93 AVERAGE
225 reviews for:
The Lost Love Song: The beautiful and romantic new book from the author of Star-Crossed
Minnie Darke
3.93 AVERAGE
I'm somewhere between 3.5 and 4 on this one, but I rounded up because I'm a hopeless romantic and this book gave me butterflies a few times.
Not your typical romance book, which I really enjoyed. I can't really talk about all the things I loved without putting them behind a spoiler...
The love between Diana and Arie was so raw and emotional that I could picture exactly who they were as people and how they moved through life. That was what really made this book, I think. Also, I desperately want to hear the song.
Not your typical romance book, which I really enjoyed. I can't really talk about all the things I loved without putting them behind a spoiler...
The love between Diana and Arie was so raw and emotional that I could picture exactly who they were as people and how they moved through life. That was what really made this book, I think. Also, I desperately want to hear the song.
4.5 stars
When concert pianist Diana leaves her Australian home to travel the world on a tour, she takes with her a new song that she's written in honor of her love with her fiance Arie. And while a tragedy abroad means that Diana never makes it home to Arie, her song takes on a life of its own as the notes themselves and the feeling they invoke will softly but definitely change the lives of those who hear it.
Here's the thing. I LOVE music books, books where music changes people and changes lives - because music has done that for me. Have you ever cried the first time you heard a song? [I raise my hand] First time I heard Riverdance? Cried. First time I heard Eric Whitacre's Sleep? Wept. It's a thing, for those of us who feel music deeply that way. So while maybe some of this might feel overwrought to some, for me, it made perfect sense, the way a melody can get into your brain and ribcage and just STAY. I loved that this story followed a song through its iterations and I appreciated the main plot of Arie and how he moves on from his beloved Diana. I liked that this was a book about second chances and figuring out what we deserve in love. I liked being in Australia and feeling how it's both familiar in its Englishness but foreign in so many way as well. Did I feel like sometimes love happened too hard and too fast? I did. But I actively suspended my disbelief because I enjoyed the story so much. Yes, it's a love story - but not a romance novel. It's about more than just Him and Her figuring things out. It's about all the ways we can find and keep the people that come into our lives that change us for good, even when they are no longer with us.
When concert pianist Diana leaves her Australian home to travel the world on a tour, she takes with her a new song that she's written in honor of her love with her fiance Arie. And while a tragedy abroad means that Diana never makes it home to Arie, her song takes on a life of its own as the notes themselves and the feeling they invoke will softly but definitely change the lives of those who hear it.
Here's the thing. I LOVE music books, books where music changes people and changes lives - because music has done that for me. Have you ever cried the first time you heard a song? [I raise my hand] First time I heard Riverdance? Cried. First time I heard Eric Whitacre's Sleep? Wept. It's a thing, for those of us who feel music deeply that way. So while maybe some of this might feel overwrought to some, for me, it made perfect sense, the way a melody can get into your brain and ribcage and just STAY. I loved that this story followed a song through its iterations and I appreciated the main plot of Arie and how he moves on from his beloved Diana. I liked that this was a book about second chances and figuring out what we deserve in love. I liked being in Australia and feeling how it's both familiar in its Englishness but foreign in so many way as well. Did I feel like sometimes love happened too hard and too fast? I did. But I actively suspended my disbelief because I enjoyed the story so much. Yes, it's a love story - but not a romance novel. It's about more than just Him and Her figuring things out. It's about all the ways we can find and keep the people that come into our lives that change us for good, even when they are no longer with us.
AMAZING. One of the most deeply emotional books I've read in a long time. The power of music is strong, and at the forefront of this story about healing, new beginnings, and how life often comes full circle.
I enjoyed this book - I wish I had that kind of love in my life
This was such a beautiful book. I love how these stories all weaved together. I think it was so moving and I enjoyed all the characters.
I was provided an advanced copy of this book by the publisher. This did not affect my thoughts or review of this book.
I was provided an advanced copy of this book by the publisher. This did not affect my thoughts or review of this book.
This was such an original story. Hallmark should make a movie out of this book. It was fascinating how the author wove the stories of the characters. It was fun to see where their similarities came together. I would definitely recommend this book.
3.5 ⭐️ A very creative love story. Easy reading and perfect for a beach read or in between more serious literature and nonfiction, etc.
I enjoyed this way less than Star-Crossed though it did manage to win me over for a bit. I wasn’t swept up in the magic of the love song affecting the various people it did and I found everything poet/writing poetry/poems/talking about poetry/reciting poetry so painful/squirmy/terrible. But love and grief are always topics I’m here for and I’s still read anything Darke writes next. #thelostlovesong #minniedarke
Loved this book full of wonderful characters, one song connecting them all in some way. I could relate to this “ achingly stupid in love but aware his feelings for her flowed through river beds that may never have been so deep if diana Clare hadn’t carved them out first” when you love someone so deeply and lose them, your ability to love the next person is that much greater, this i know to be true from the death of my husband to the love of my new husband, it’s a beautiful heart wrenching thing...