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A review by rachhenderson
Heartsick: Three Stories About Love and Loss, and What Happens in Between by Jessie Stephens
4.0
This book ended up on my To Read list because I follow Mia Freedman and she recommended it (it would be pretty weird for an employer to mention that their employee had written a book and not recommend it). Jessie occasionally appears in Mia's Facebook videos and I was curious about what her writing would be like.
Jessie says in the introduction to the book that it is primarily to let people experiencing heartbreak know that they are not allow, but also to give them somewhere to wallow. As a 40-something woman who doesn't foresee heartbreak in her near future, I didn't personally feel I needed to read this, but wondered if it might be one that I'd finish and then dash to buy by own copy (I borrowed from the library) so I have it on hand when my children inevitably experience their first heartbreak sometime in the next 10 years or so. But I don't think I will.
The three stories are very interesting, but unlikely to appeal to a teen going through their first heartbreak. The youngest of the three protagonists is still well into his mid 20s when his engagement breaks down. All three stories relate to fairly long term, more mature relationships than the first pang of young love lost.
The stories are very interesting (I read the whole book in a day) but I feel there was much more of the "in a relationship" bit than the "heartbreak" bit, so I'm not sure the book really met it's goal.
The final chapter touched very lightly on how different genders and cultures deal with heartbreak. This was really interesting and I would have liked more of this.
Jessie says in the introduction to the book that it is primarily to let people experiencing heartbreak know that they are not allow, but also to give them somewhere to wallow. As a 40-something woman who doesn't foresee heartbreak in her near future, I didn't personally feel I needed to read this, but wondered if it might be one that I'd finish and then dash to buy by own copy (I borrowed from the library) so I have it on hand when my children inevitably experience their first heartbreak sometime in the next 10 years or so. But I don't think I will.
The three stories are very interesting, but unlikely to appeal to a teen going through their first heartbreak. The youngest of the three protagonists is still well into his mid 20s when his engagement breaks down. All three stories relate to fairly long term, more mature relationships than the first pang of young love lost.
The stories are very interesting (I read the whole book in a day) but I feel there was much more of the "in a relationship" bit than the "heartbreak" bit, so I'm not sure the book really met it's goal.
The final chapter touched very lightly on how different genders and cultures deal with heartbreak. This was really interesting and I would have liked more of this.