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The Last Love Note by Emma Grey

pkinkade's review against another edition

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funny hopeful sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

yum_reads's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

3.75

To be honest, I am not entirely sure how I feel about this book. Innately devastating, the novel explores feelings of grief and loss, while also weaving together a love story. Perhaps that’s why there was just something disconnecting me from the story.
Especially the ending; though there was nothing wrong with it, something just felt wrong about everything miraculously coming together after the rest of the novel was spent focusing on the messiness of life - or perhaps that was the intention and I am just missing the point
Overall, the storytelling in this novel was poignant, but I just don’t think that this novel was for me.

jg34's review against another edition

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

4.0

I like what the author did here with grief. It was real and raw and I’ve learned based on personal experience. I loved exploring what it is like to live with someone you know is dying, dealing with grief with a small child, learning to let go of items and thoughts that tie you to your passed away loved one, and finding out who you are outside of that grief. This made it a very emotional read. 

The love story? Meh. Hugh grew on me but I tbh I was excited about Justin in the beginning (a curveball I’m sure was done on purpose). The big secret frustrated me. I didn’t find it noble or anything to keep something from a grieving widow. Especially if that is what is keeping you from being with someone you love.
It was convenient I guess that Katie found out through other means but I really didn’t like that he was determined to take that to the grave (something I didn’t even think was a very big deal and sort of expected Cam would feel that way in his situation) and Katie is like wow I love his integrity!!! Stubbornness and foolishness if you ask me.


Also Katie was so dense at times. I understand her grief makes it hard to focus on anyone or anything else besides just surviving, but a lot of the moments when she was like “oh wow I never knew this person felt that way” I’m like ??? HOW we all knew!!! 

But again overall a well written and interesting story and I appreciate what the author had to say on the subject. 
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eeeeemcc's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

5.0

So many tears 😭

asimonette33's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-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

3.5

lanayagraham's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? No

5.0

This book was so sad and so beautiful. It's a powerful story of grief and growth, healing and heartache full of pop-culture rom com references and a surprising amount of laugh out loud comedy. The book delves deep into a young mother losing her spouse. It is fiction written from the perspective of an author who has walked a similar road. 
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sundance78's review against another edition

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

2.75

larseb13's review against another edition

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5.0

I laughed I cried I’ll remember this one. Grief is a force that is so frightening and all consuming. I was definitely flexing a different muscle reading this story. Looking forward to this authors next one!

windingdownwithbooks'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

4.5

michahbella's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.5