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A review by jeanne_bean
Love Is a Mix Tape by Rob Sheffield
5.0
Love is a Mix Tape is part memoir, part love story. It's the heartbreaking yet fun memoir of Mr. Sheffield's marriage, which ended in tragedy. After only five years of marriage, Sheffield's wife died unexpectedly. This book tells the story of their romance through mix tapes, music and song.
I enjoyed Mr. Sheffield's explanations of the different uses for mix tapes (party tapes, driving tapes, tapes for making out or having sex, etc), his use of lyrics to describe situations, and his humor. I didn't attend UVA, like Sheffield and his wife, but my brother did attend as an undergrad at the same time the Sheffields were attending grad school there. I enjoyed his references to the Charlottesville area as well as those of his Irish Catholic upbringing (like me).
One of my dearest friends was widowed before their 7th anniversary. Unlike Sheffield, she had three young kids to raise and thus had a reason to get up every day. Reading about his heartbreak and how he didn't see any reason to eat or leave his home, or how he couldn't sleep shocked me and broke my heart. I have no idea if my friend felt the same; she never said so to me.
This book is tragic and sad in parts, but it is also uplifting and funny. Mr. Sheffield realized that he had to move on and he has, but he hasn't forgotten Renee, nor should he have to.
I look forward to reading his other books. Highly recommend.
I enjoyed Mr. Sheffield's explanations of the different uses for mix tapes (party tapes, driving tapes, tapes for making out or having sex, etc), his use of lyrics to describe situations, and his humor. I didn't attend UVA, like Sheffield and his wife, but my brother did attend as an undergrad at the same time the Sheffields were attending grad school there. I enjoyed his references to the Charlottesville area as well as those of his Irish Catholic upbringing (like me).
One of my dearest friends was widowed before their 7th anniversary. Unlike Sheffield, she had three young kids to raise and thus had a reason to get up every day. Reading about his heartbreak and how he didn't see any reason to eat or leave his home, or how he couldn't sleep shocked me and broke my heart. I have no idea if my friend felt the same; she never said so to me.
This book is tragic and sad in parts, but it is also uplifting and funny. Mr. Sheffield realized that he had to move on and he has, but he hasn't forgotten Renee, nor should he have to.
I look forward to reading his other books. Highly recommend.