Reviews with content warning for Drug abuse - Love and Other Words

God, this book will make you feel things you’ve never dreamed of feeling. The loss I feel for never having grown up with my own Elliot will haunt me for the next while.

This story deals with grief growing up, how to open your heart and letting those around you care for you and picking yourself back up after a break-up… Or not in Macy’s case. I loved every minute of this book and it’s been a long time since i’ve cried this much.

We always want someone who will follow us to the end of the earth, but what I love most about Elliot & Macy’s relationship is the brutal but beautiful honesty they have together.

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stllyltc's review against another edition

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emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I wasn't particularly fond of how the character was written. As an individual, it flowed how there was so much more to unpack. The intense avoidant detachment coming from it was insanely unhealthy for the sake of so-called friendship. Reading this has made me realize once again why the romance genres are so not my type of reading. Reeling away from processing grief, not facing reality, steering to convenience rather than actually living and not just merely passing by time, knowing someone just at arm's length, and settling for less—it follows a concept of the character's journey towards her perception and life in general. As the experience she endowed was distraughting enough, it's good overall, but it was icky for some reason. It's a shame I had to skip some parts because it just wasn't it.

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4.0

↦ 183/108

Love and Other Words is a beautiful and fast-paced love story.

I have heard about this book for about a year now, but didn't really blink an eye since I wasn't the biggest fan of Christina Lauren's other popular release, The Unhoneymooners. It's safe to say that this book exceeded my expectations and almost made me cry on multiple occasions. I borrowed this copy from my cousin, but definitely need to get one for my own collection because I really did/ do love this one.

I read Every Summer After by Carley Fortune last month and it was often compared to this one. I will say this book did the story so much better in my opinion, but both stories are fantastic on their own as well :) It also reminded me a bit of One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid too!

If you're looking for a heartwrenching, childhood-friends-to-lovers story that is heartbreaking in more ways than one, I HIGHLY recommend this one.

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prettybaddieb's review

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emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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booksgoodformysoul's review

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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abigail_hos's review

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emotional hopeful 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

5.0

This book is so good. I read 350 pages yesterday and finished it this morning. Yes I read it fast because I’m returning it (long story) but also cuz it’s really so so good. It’s so easy to just keep reading, to say hmm just one more chapter. I love how I got to see them grow up it’s so beautiful the way they communicated. Their honesty, I just love everything about it. All their inside jokes, the favorite word, the dragon porn. Love it. I love their little closet library and how he always brought her his books. It was just so cute and I love it. I love the mom’s checklist thing, and the daughter dad dynamic. I love Elliot’s family, literally everything about this book I love so so much. It’s so cute. 5/5. This kinda felt like a Colleen Hoover book idk why. The favorite word thing reminded me of their little jokes in it ends with us which is a good thing.

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lauramccarthy's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful sad 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

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wednesdayonacafe's review against another edition

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emotional sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

5.0

new comfort book. i absolutely loved it. macy’s and elliot’s relationship made me believe in friends to lovers supremacy. it was beautiful seeing them getting to know each other back them and rekindling now. AND THE FACT THAT THEY BONDED OVER BOOKS AND WORDS UGH PERFECTION!!

the only thing that kinda bothers me is how lightly they treated

elliot’s SA

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