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A review by moni1019216
Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Finished this book in one sitting because I could not put it down.
Of all my reviews this one will be the most biased so please take this for a huge grain of salt. I do still believe that my his may actually do more than simply inform of this being an incredible read, because it is that with all of the following bias removed:
The way this book and Macy, our main character, frames and portrays grief, and by extension the fear of losing even just one more great love, is so viscerally, painfully, vulnerable in a way that will linger with me for a long time.
It didn’t and won’t change my life in major ways but it put to words what hyper specific, lonely and painful thoughts and experience with love & loss is for myself. In many ways that affirmed, validated and addressed such complicated feelings that those who know, will immediately recognize. And if you didn’t know, you will have understood the depths of it all.
Above all, this was a beautiful story of a love that survived above it all, even after a long time and great many painful experiences passed.
It gave me the courage to face my own grief in a way I wasn’t sure I was ready for, and gave me hope that living is always better than surviving. Love & other words does just that.
Of all my reviews this one will be the most biased so please take this for a huge grain of salt. I do still believe that my his may actually do more than simply inform of this being an incredible read, because it is that with all of the following bias removed:
The way this book and Macy, our main character, frames and portrays grief, and by extension the fear of losing even just one more great love, is so viscerally, painfully, vulnerable in a way that will linger with me for a long time.
It didn’t and won’t change my life in major ways but it put to words what hyper specific, lonely and painful thoughts and experience with love & loss is for myself. In many ways that affirmed, validated and addressed such complicated feelings that those who know, will immediately recognize. And if you didn’t know, you will have understood the depths of it all.
Above all, this was a beautiful story of a love that survived above it all, even after a long time and great many painful experiences passed.
It gave me the courage to face my own grief in a way I wasn’t sure I was ready for, and gave me hope that living is always better than surviving. Love & other words does just that.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent
Moderate: Cancer, Medical content
Minor: Sexual assault