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Modern Love, Revised and Updated: True Stories of Love, Loss, and Redemption
Daniel Jones
4.11 AVERAGE
543 reviews for:
Modern Love, Revised and Updated: True Stories of Love, Loss, and Redemption
Daniel Jones
4.11 AVERAGE
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A mixed bag, as with a lot of anthology. Strong start, strong finish, can't remember the rest.
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Anthologies are like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re gonna get.
Similarly, Modern Love was a mixed bag of lovely chocolate truffles and nasty cherry-filled candies, with some stories indulgent and enjoyable and others had a strange or even unpleasant aftertaste. Jones made a big deal out of not only focusing on romantic love, but a majority of the stories still seemed to be focused on dating/marriage relationships. I would’ve like to have either a less misleading preface or a collection with more submissions focused on familial bonds and friendships. Still, this was one of my better non-fiction reading experiences (which I haven't had a lot of). As one would expect, the collection includes a variety of perspectives and lifestyles; some stories are thought-provoking, some are heart-warming, some are just plain weird. While the stories were interesting to read, a lot of them weren't particularly memorable.
Notable stories include:
My First Lesson in Motherhood
When the Doorman is Your Main Man
You May Want to Marry My Husband
Similarly, Modern Love was a mixed bag of lovely chocolate truffles and nasty cherry-filled candies, with some stories indulgent and enjoyable and others had a strange or even unpleasant aftertaste. Jones made a big deal out of not only focusing on romantic love, but a majority of the stories still seemed to be focused on dating/marriage relationships. I would’ve like to have either a less misleading preface or a collection with more submissions focused on familial bonds and friendships. Still, this was one of my better non-fiction reading experiences (which I haven't had a lot of). As one would expect, the collection includes a variety of perspectives and lifestyles; some stories are thought-provoking, some are heart-warming, some are just plain weird. While the stories were interesting to read, a lot of them weren't particularly memorable.
Notable stories include:
My First Lesson in Motherhood
When the Doorman is Your Main Man
You May Want to Marry My Husband
will be thinking of some of these stories for a very long time <3
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Compulsively readable. No matter where you are in your life and in your "love life," somewhere between the covers of this book you will find a true story that you can relate to, aspire to, or empathize with. With dozens of personal essays plucked from 15 years of the popular NYT column, each by a different writer and each only about 6 pages long, I found myself "just one more" -ing my way through this kaleidoscopic array of love in so many phases and forms. A wholly satisfying, courageously written collection. ❤
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A book that allows you to define live in so many ways, giving you the opportunity to view love beyond the usual Rom-Coms.
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