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A review by ladybrik
Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler
5.0
(Popsugar Challenge: A classic romance)
I'm taking several liberties with this prompt but this book was too, too perfect not to include in this challenge. The story itself is absolutely a classic romance: there is the whole What's so different about it is how the story's told. The uniqueness of the letter she's writing; the pictures of all of the items in the Box She Kept while they dated; seeing their relationship in reverse; knowing how it ends at the beginning but feeling hopeful for a different ending. It was all beautifully done.
I want to subtract a star for the writing; I took my time with this one because the language was different from what I'm used to reading, but it works. They talk like teenagers. How refreshing. I'm leaving the fifth star.
I'm taking several liberties with this prompt but this book was too, too perfect not to include in this challenge. The story itself is absolutely a classic romance: there is the whole
Spoiler
girl meets boy, girl falls in love with boy, girl has sex with boy, boy cheats on girl, girl runs to her (male) best friend whose strong feelings for her are not reciprocated.I want to subtract a star for the writing; I took my time with this one because the language was different from what I'm used to reading, but it works. They talk like teenagers. How refreshing. I'm leaving the fifth star.