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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
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:
Complicated
I didn’t realize this was the same author who wrote One Day in December, although I probably should have guessed just based on the cover art. This woman is excellent at writing a bittersweet story. Lydia Bird copes- or rather, avoids coping with her unimaginable grief by taking a pill that allows her to slip into an alternate universe in which the love of her life has not died. For a while she clings to this universe; until she realizes that she has changed too much to properly fit in anymore. After over a year, she gives up this second life in favor of reality, despite the fact that reality is far harsher. And in the end, this hope for reality, and hope for herself, allows her to have a happy ending after all. I loved this book.
I’m so torn. I teared up at one point but also... the end. There are always going to be three people in that relationship.
Who wouldn’t take a chance to see a lost loved one again?
On the night of Lydia Bird's 28th birthday, she loses her fiancé, Freddie in a tragic car accident. Understandably, she is heartbroken and grief stricken to the point where she isn't sure she will ever find normal again. She has to learn how to navigate through life and move forward.
But something truly magical happens when Lydia is asleep, after taking a little pink pill, she finds herself living an alternate life, one in which Freddie is alive and well.
"The Two Lives of Lydia Bird" is a lovely and unique story because it alternates between Lydia being awake and asleep. She often finds her life while she's sleeping is better than the life she lives awake. Lydia ultimately has to choose between being present in reality, or temporarily mending her broken heart in her dreams.
Two enthusiastic thumbs up from me.
Quote from the book I loved: “The human brain is wired to cope with grief. It knows even as we fall into unfathomably dark places, there will be light again, and if we just keep moving forward in one brave straight line, however slowly, we’ll find our way back again.”
On the night of Lydia Bird's 28th birthday, she loses her fiancé, Freddie in a tragic car accident. Understandably, she is heartbroken and grief stricken to the point where she isn't sure she will ever find normal again. She has to learn how to navigate through life and move forward.
But something truly magical happens when Lydia is asleep, after taking a little pink pill, she finds herself living an alternate life, one in which Freddie is alive and well.
"The Two Lives of Lydia Bird" is a lovely and unique story because it alternates between Lydia being awake and asleep. She often finds her life while she's sleeping is better than the life she lives awake. Lydia ultimately has to choose between being present in reality, or temporarily mending her broken heart in her dreams.
Two enthusiastic thumbs up from me.
Quote from the book I loved: “The human brain is wired to cope with grief. It knows even as we fall into unfathomably dark places, there will be light again, and if we just keep moving forward in one brave straight line, however slowly, we’ll find our way back again.”
3.5 stars. A little Lifetime-y for my tastes generally but in spite of that I found this to be a sweetly handled story about coping with grief.
This book was cute, and fun to read. Fun may be a bad word, because this book was super sad. It made me emotional a couple of times. I like the concept, the whole two lives thing. But it was a little slow, and I don't even know if I would call this a romance book. The book was more of a coming into herself book, learning to become her own person without being attached to her fiance. The romance didn't even happen till the last third of the book, and even then it was one scene that lasted half a page and then the last page.
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
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:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
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:
No
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes