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A review by kashish
Like Gravity by Julie Johnson
4.0
WOWWW!!!! Loved it soooooooo very much!!
This book was everything. And when I say everything, I mean EVERYTHING. Romance, humor, suspense, death, life, heartbreak, friendship, fame, family, past, future and I'm gonna stop now. I felt EVERYTHING. Every. Damn. Emotion.
I literally needed a moment to soak in everything after that ending. Oh, and THE ENDING. It was perfect.
The last scene before the epilogue was so gut wrenching, I wanted to cry.
I listened to the audiobook version (which made the experience all the more profound) or else I'd have piles of quotes marked on my kindle.
It told me that happily-ever-afters aren't necessary, happy-right-nows are.
It wasn't just a love story. It wasn't just Bee's and Finn's story. It was a story about Brittany and how she learnt to live and laugh again. It was about her relationships with her mother, Lexi, Dr. Angelini, and even her "father". It was about killing the devil for good.
All in all, the story was deep, intense and so, so beautiful.
If this didn't convince you to read the book, maybe this text from the book will:
“Maybe there aren’t any happily ever afters, or white knights who ride in on valiant steeds to save the day. Maybe, in real life, Prince Charming isn’t always perfect – he’s just as flawed as everyone else in the tale. And that princess, alone in her tower? She’s not perfect either. Birds don’t braid her hair every morning, she can’t serenade wild forest creatures into servitude, and she doesn’t even own a ball gown. But she’s also smart enough to know not to accept poisoned apples from strangers, or prick her finger on deadly spindles.
She doesn’t wait around for a prince to charge in and slay the dragon. Maybe she saves herself and in the end, rides off into her own goddamned sunset.”
This book was everything. And when I say everything, I mean EVERYTHING. Romance, humor, suspense, death, life, heartbreak, friendship, fame, family, past, future and I'm gonna stop now. I felt EVERYTHING. Every. Damn. Emotion.
I literally needed a moment to soak in everything after that ending. Oh, and THE ENDING. It was perfect.
The last scene before the epilogue was so gut wrenching, I wanted to cry.
I listened to the audiobook version (which made the experience all the more profound) or else I'd have piles of quotes marked on my kindle.
It told me that happily-ever-afters aren't necessary, happy-right-nows are.
Spoiler
But of course I sighed in huge relief when I found out that this book is not going to have a sad ending.It wasn't just a love story. It wasn't just Bee's and Finn's story. It was a story about Brittany and how she learnt to live and laugh again. It was about her relationships with her mother, Lexi, Dr. Angelini, and even her "father". It was about killing the devil for good.
All in all, the story was deep, intense and so, so beautiful.
If this didn't convince you to read the book, maybe this text from the book will:
“Maybe there aren’t any happily ever afters, or white knights who ride in on valiant steeds to save the day. Maybe, in real life, Prince Charming isn’t always perfect – he’s just as flawed as everyone else in the tale. And that princess, alone in her tower? She’s not perfect either. Birds don’t braid her hair every morning, she can’t serenade wild forest creatures into servitude, and she doesn’t even own a ball gown. But she’s also smart enough to know not to accept poisoned apples from strangers, or prick her finger on deadly spindles.
She doesn’t wait around for a prince to charge in and slay the dragon. Maybe she saves herself and in the end, rides off into her own goddamned sunset.”