A review by rachels_booknook
What You Do To Me by Rochelle B. Weinstein

5.0

What You Do To Me is described as “a moving novel of two unfinished love stories and the music and lyrics that bring them together.” 

I loved this book by Rochelle B. Weinstein and stayed up way too late finishing it the other night. It came out earlier this week so you can also read it now. 

I’m not going to lie. Hey There Delilah is not my favourite song. And this book is fully based on Rochelle Weinstein’s imagining of the people in that song, and it WILL be in your head while you’re reading the book. But also I think it’s so cool that she was so inspired by a song that she wanted to write the story behind it. And now the song has grown on me. 

I loved the Jewish representation in this book. I loved the dual timeline in the 1970s and 1990s and that it was before cell phones and internet. I loved that there were two different stories, and the mysteries of trying to put all the pieces together in both. I really loved the parts where Cecilia was conducting interviews and that it was written in interview format. 

I definitely did not see certain things coming and I don’t want to give spoilers but wow it broke my heart a few times. 

My favourite quote that I may have normally read and moved on but I think it resonates so much right now: “Don’t ever hide who you are.” 

What You Do To Me was unlike anything I’ve read before and I highly recommend it.