Review by djosephine - This Is a Love Story

djosephine 's review for:

This Is a Love Story by Jessica Soffer

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I have never connected with a book so emotionally before. I've cried end at the of a book or during an emotional scene. And while emotional reaction to happenings in the book do occur, it wasn't that which gripped me. As I listened to the audiobook (beautiful narration!), in chapter one, I thought: this writing is so beautiful - I would love to write like this! Chapter 2? I was literally SOBBING because of how gorgeous the writing was, how the smash details of the world and of people were noticed… appreciated… And then I remembered this is the story of a dying wife and her husband, and I cried even more. Its note that I should as that I’m in a healthy place emotionally and have been blessed to not be facing the loss of a loved one at this time… there was no external reason for me to get so emotional other than the worrying itself and the connection I made to it. This is so very usual for me.

All of this to say, I’ve seen reviews that found it boring or repetitive or something else like this. I can see it, but that wasn’t my experience. The best was to explain it is that it’s like poetry with out rhyme… it is art about the human experience in word form. I hope you love this book even half as much as I did. It was book #47 of the year for me and is definitely my favorite in the lit fic category.

Content Warnings