The book started with the ending of the beautiful love story and the journey goes backwards. Can you imagine beginning a book with tears and sob? Can you handle that? Because that's what you will get when you commit to reading this good book. A real good crying book. I love the way Reid wrote the sorrow and sadness of Elsie mourning on Ben's passing after he got hit by a truck. The hospital incidents and the drama with Ben's mother - Susan. Get ready because you are about to dive with my feelings - all about the book. Watch out! This post might reveal some spoilers.
I admit that at first, I found it a bit ridiculous that Elsie and Ben fell in love too quick, get engaged, freaked out with the commitment and finally get eloped. But as the story goes along, I found that Ben has every reason for girls to fall for. Even I fell in love with Ben immediately when reading it.
The major heartbreak was when Elsie learned about the accident and her situation in the hospital facing Susan. Fighting about the funeral and explaining about the eloped, where Elsie was not able to produce the proof of their marriage certificate while retrieving the right for Ben's body at the hospital was too painful for me to accept. I found that this part was the beginning of the engaging plot. The story continues with family drama, relationship experience, friendship and memories. The rest of the story is just about the grieving process. I admit that it is too painful to take it.
Overall for the story, the introduction gave a stunning start caught my attention to move forward to reading it more with emotion and understanding. The characters grabbed my excitement. Not even once I stop thinking about the book and took many days for me to move on and start writing this review.
Giving 5 stars to this book and I am officially a Taylor Jenkins Reid's fangirl.
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