Title: Eh. Okay, but really cheesy.
Review: I think the concept of this book is really clever, and I enjoyed some of the scenes between the main characters, Henry and Claire. But the idea of LOVE! is so overblown and extreme, it brings the whole book crashing down into a pile of silliness. Henry's father is a completely debilitated alcoholic for 30+ years after his wife dies; Henry's ex-girlfriend commits suicide because she can't bear to live without him; and Henry and Claire think about nothing else in their lives, apparently, except the love and passion they feel for each other. I know it's a romance, but the all-or-nothing importance of LOVE! and lack of detail or consideration of anything else leaves me feeling manipulated as a reader. And by the end, I'm laughing, not crying, at Henry's overblown goodbye to LOVE!.Worth a read for the interesting narrative structure, but the LOVE! story is a pile of mushy cotton candy.
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