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A review by buffalojenn
The Museum of Heartbreak by Meg Leder
5.0
There are some books that grab you from the first page, with characters that feel authentic enough that you believe them, and yet almost too delightful (and funny) to be real. That's "The Museum of Heartbreak" -- at least it was for me. I immediately connected with our narrator, New York native Penelope Marx, whose heart has been broken. I loved tracking the items that contributed to the heartbreak, which she catalogues with lovely specificity, and seeing her fall for Keats, oh the dreamy mysterious Keats.
But what I truly loved about this book was Eph, Penelope's best friend since the diaper days, who may very well have just overtaken Etienne St. Clair from "Anna and the French Kiss" as my new book boyfriend, which is a serious de-throning if there ever were one. Eph, the drawer of dinosaurs and watcher of David Lynch movies, who's stolen the hearts of many a girl, yet always been just a friend to Penelope. Thus far, that is...
Sure, this book is about the highs and lows of falling in love and heartbreak, but at its core it's about the evolution of friendships -- and being open to new ones, or to changes in preexisting ones.
But what I truly loved about this book was Eph, Penelope's best friend since the diaper days, who may very well have just overtaken Etienne St. Clair from "Anna and the French Kiss" as my new book boyfriend, which is a serious de-throning if there ever were one. Eph, the drawer of dinosaurs and watcher of David Lynch movies, who's stolen the hearts of many a girl, yet always been just a friend to Penelope. Thus far, that is...
Sure, this book is about the highs and lows of falling in love and heartbreak, but at its core it's about the evolution of friendships -- and being open to new ones, or to changes in preexisting ones.