A review by rachels_booknook
Love and Other Lost Things by Melissa Wiesner

4.0

Advanced Book Review! Thank you @bookouture and @netgalley for sending me this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. 

Wow Melissa Wiesner really knows how to pack a punch! This is my third book of hers with one more to read coming out later this year and I think it’s so interesting that she writes in both the magical realism and the contemporary fiction/romance space – but with quite heavy topics. Read the trigger warnings for this one if you need to because the whole book is based on the cycle of abuse. 

When Jane returns to her childhood home after being away with minimal contact for the past ten years, since she was eighteen, most people in the town, including the boy she could have loved, have no idea why she left in the first place, or how hard the past ten years have been and the secrets she’s been keeping. As she begins to reintegrate into the town and reconnect with the people she left behind, she has to make some tough choices about what’s best for her family. 

My heart broke at several occasions during this one and I wasn’t sure I could keep going. But I love Melissa Wisener’s writing and ultimately I’m glad I did. This had difficult moments for sure but I enjoyed reading about Jane’s journey and the characters in her life back home. I can honestly say I didn’t see certain things coming towards the end so I was really satisfied with the way Melissa Wiesner wrapped it up.