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isissmyth 's review for:
Forever, Interrupted
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
When rating books you have to rate them based on what they are, not what you wish they were.
Forever, Interrupted explores loss, grief in a realistic and hopeful manner. It is not a guttural scream, nor is it a fairytale with a happy ending. And it doesn’t try to be.
I found Elsie’s grief to be incredibly realistic — it has clearly been written with experience. Her character growth was excellent, and I found myself relating to her. I saw my grief in hers.
Susan was also a very realistic portrayal of what I believe many would do in her situation. Her growth was astounding, and I loved how her and Elsie became so close. It was the hope I had been longing for in this book.
Ana was an interesting one for me. She clearly loved Elsie, but didn’t have the everlasting patience required for a grieving friend. That, too, is very realistic. Although I understand how she came to be unkind to Elsie at certain points, I didn’t like it.
Mr Callahan was an interesting character too, a display of how grief is grief and loss is loss, no matter how long you knew the person for. I loved how he offered hope to Elsie, only for her to return it at the end.
Ben was written as a fairly typical golden retriever MMC, and I found myself missing him even though I didn’t know him.
Even though this book was written well, I found some of the dialogue to be a bit cringeworthy at times — something typical for me when reading romance unfortunately.
Overall, it was a deep exploration of grief, written very realistically. The fact that hope and recovery is realistic here is important.
Forever, Interrupted explores loss, grief in a realistic and hopeful manner. It is not a guttural scream, nor is it a fairytale with a happy ending. And it doesn’t try to be.
I found Elsie’s grief to be incredibly realistic — it has clearly been written with experience. Her character growth was excellent, and I found myself relating to her. I saw my grief in hers.
Susan was also a very realistic portrayal of what I believe many would do in her situation. Her growth was astounding, and I loved how her and Elsie became so close. It was the hope I had been longing for in this book.
Ana was an interesting one for me. She clearly loved Elsie, but didn’t have the everlasting patience required for a grieving friend. That, too, is very realistic. Although I understand how she came to be unkind to Elsie at certain points, I didn’t like it.
Mr Callahan was an interesting character too, a display of how grief is grief and loss is loss, no matter how long you knew the person for. I loved how he offered hope to Elsie, only for her to return it at the end.
Ben was written as a fairly typical golden retriever MMC, and I found myself missing him even though I didn’t know him.
Even though this book was written well, I found some of the dialogue to be a bit cringeworthy at times — something typical for me when reading romance unfortunately.
Overall, it was a deep exploration of grief, written very realistically. The fact that hope and recovery is realistic here is important.