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first 75% were 5/5 ⭐️ undecided how I feel about the rest yet
Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent
Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol
Minor: Child death, Drug use, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent
Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Car accident, Death of parent
Moderate: Medical content
Minor: Cancer, Vomit, Alcohol
Graphic: Car accident
Moderate: Rape, Death of parent
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content
I had choosen this novel as my main read for a trip and it was, for the most part, the ideal vacation book. I liked the rythm and the characters. I had never read new romance before, and it was a pretty good introduction. However, the main character is absolutely annoying. It was okay at first but I wanted to rip my hair off when she blamed Elliot for his litteral r4p3 because she was jealous of his r4p1st. I was also very annoyed by the fact that no one in this goddamn book seems to acknowledge what happened to Elliot as r4p3. This part was very upsetting to read, unfortunately.
Graphic: Sexual content, Abandonment
Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, Death of parent
Minor: Medical content
Of all my reviews this one will be the most biased so please take this for a huge grain of salt. I do still believe that my his may actually do more than simply inform of this being an incredible read, because it is that with all of the following bias removed:
The way this book and Macy, our main character, frames and portrays grief, and by extension the fear of losing even just one more great love, is so viscerally, painfully, vulnerable in a way that will linger with me for a long time.
It didn’t and won’t change my life in major ways but it put to words what hyper specific, lonely and painful thoughts and experience with love & loss is for myself. In many ways that affirmed, validated and addressed such complicated feelings that those who know, will immediately recognize. And if you didn’t know, you will have understood the depths of it all.
Above all, this was a beautiful story of a love that survived above it all, even after a long time and great many painful experiences passed.
It gave me the courage to face my own grief in a way I wasn’t sure I was ready for, and gave me hope that living is always better than surviving. Love & other words does just that.
Graphic: Death, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent
Moderate: Cancer, Medical content
Minor: Sexual assault
Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Terminal illness, Medical content
Minor: Ableism, Drug use, Vomit, Toxic friendship
The pacing of this tale was perfect. Even with Elliott’s ability to say exactly how he feels at any moment (we can’t help but stan), there was no rush with this romance. Eleven years has passed, so what’s one more day? This tale felt realistic even in its tragedy and overwhelming coincidences.
I devoured Love & Other Words in five hours. Stunning.
Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent
Moderate: Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Terminal illness, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent
Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail