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One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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sunsett's review

4.5

“You can’t be loyal to two people.
You can’t yearn for two dreams.”

Taylor Jenkins Reid’s writing, the only way I can think to describe it is as natural. The prose and the dialogue are so simple–as if the words are writing themselves–yet beautiful and poignant. It is a joy to read.

In the same vein, this book progressed most naturally, and I was rooting for one person. The themes of grief, of change, of love, were done amazingly.

A great short read!

“Now I wonder if grief isn’t something like a shell.
You wear it for a long time and then one day you realise you’ve outgrown it.
So you put it down.”

“If you want something as passionately as you clearly want this, that means you owe it to yourself to make it happen.”

”I think you forsake the people you loved before, just a little bit, when you fall in love again. But it doesn’t erase anything. It doesn’t change what you had. You don’t even leave it so far behind that you can’t instantly remember, that you can’t pick it up like a book you read a long time ago and remember how it felt then.”

”Just because something isnt meant to last a lifetime doesn’t mean it wasn’t meant to be.”

danim_scott's review

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emotional hopeful relaxing sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

kspadini1010's review against another edition

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5.0

I loved this book! I have not been this obsessed with a book in a LONG TIME! This would make a great hallmark movie! And the ending....was exactly what I hoped it would be!! I can't wait to read other reviews and see what other people thought...about who Emma should've ended up with!!