A review by milamaassa
Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Oh I’m melting for the never ending love thingy. It sounds surreal to shut down and just not get to the grief and heartbreaks for ten years, but I really get it. 

The trauma for Macy was so complete, her whole life was teared down at once. It really seems like a miracle to even survive that. What I’m bummed about, is that Elliot’s trauma of getting raped was just ignored. How to come over it, especially when the love of your life just disappears after and you have to process getting abused which actually leads to getting heartbroken. Just if the abuse was handled as it is instead of cheating, and just if there was a letter or an email explaining things that she actually read, they could have come through this and heal each other.
 

Often I think the decade of falling apart is not well enough reasoned or the reasons of splitting are actually something to fall apart for. But this one just makes so much sense. 
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