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A review by taylordepuydt
Heartsick: Three Stories about Love and Loss, and What Happens in Between by Jessie Stephens
4.0
"But if they'd spoken - asked questions beyond the rudimentary - they would have learned that the roots of their suffering grow from the same soil. That their loneliness binds them rather than isolates them. And isn't that the ultimate irony? That nothing makes us more human, more united with every person and every culture in every period of history, than the very emotion that tells us: I am all alone."
This book provides a deeply vulnerable look at grief and heartbreak in a world that prefers to focus on the shiny things; the people who only get better after a break up or the one's who have their life together. I commend Ana, Patrick and Claire for their honesty in recounting their stories of love and grief, there was no sugar coating just vulnerability and uncomfortable truth. It is a human desire to peak behind the curtain of someone else's life and these stories really bare it all for us to see in all the messiness.
Jessie is an excellent writer, I was engaged with her writing and found this book to be compulsive to read. I appreciate the analysis of love and grief and the rejection that everyone has felt at some moment in their lives. I also appreciate that these stories weren't tied up neatly, it made them feel natural and realistic. This isn't a happy book, but I think it's one that everyone needs at some point in their life. A reminder that we aren't as alone as we all think we are.
This book provides a deeply vulnerable look at grief and heartbreak in a world that prefers to focus on the shiny things; the people who only get better after a break up or the one's who have their life together. I commend Ana, Patrick and Claire for their honesty in recounting their stories of love and grief, there was no sugar coating just vulnerability and uncomfortable truth. It is a human desire to peak behind the curtain of someone else's life and these stories really bare it all for us to see in all the messiness.
Jessie is an excellent writer, I was engaged with her writing and found this book to be compulsive to read. I appreciate the analysis of love and grief and the rejection that everyone has felt at some moment in their lives. I also appreciate that these stories weren't tied up neatly, it made them feel natural and realistic. This isn't a happy book, but I think it's one that everyone needs at some point in their life. A reminder that we aren't as alone as we all think we are.