pnwajw 's review for:

Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler

4.0

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There are 2, no 3 very cool things about this book. 1) The artwork. Maira Kalman illustrates each of the items the heartbroken Min Green returns to her ex love of her life. And they are done so well. They are characters of the story as much as Min and her jerk of an ex boyfriend. They have a whimsy to them, yet are real enough to touch. 2) The author is Lemony Snicket. What? That's right, the guy who brought us The Unfortunate Events series wrote this love/ heartbreak story with the same grace and hilarity that he brought to the story of the Baudelaire trio. And 3) This book is you, and me, and your best friend. It is the story of heartbreak. Something we all went through either in school or right now. A story of how much in LOVE we were then we weren't and this is why. Handler and Kalman brings the reader into the story of Min and Ed with a sensibility that holds up, caresses, breaks, then heals our most tender organ.