Out of Love
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'I fell in love with this book. The writing was good enough to make me forget I had a phone, put it that way' Aisling Bea A novel for anyone who has loved and lost, and lived to tell the tale. As a young woman packs up her ex-boyfriend’s belongings and prepares to see him one last time, she wonders where it all went wrong, and whether it was ever right to begin with. Burdened with a broken heart, she asks herself the age-old question . . . is love really worth it? Out of Love is a bittersweet romance told in reverse. Beginning at the end of a relationship, each chapter takes us further back in time, weaving together an already unravelled tapestry, from tragic break-up to magical first kiss. In this dazzling debut Hazel Hayes performs a post-mortem on love, tenderly but unapologetically exploring every angle, from the heights of joy to the depths of grief, and all the madness and mundanity in between. This is a modern story with the heart of a classic: truthful, tragic and ultimately full of hope.
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That was such a good read!
What made the concept of the story so interesting was how our narrator's (we never do find out what her name is!) story is told backwards. So, the story starts with the narrator and her boyfriend parting ways, but then instead of being told what comes after, you get talked through the relationship going backwards, all the way to when the relationship started.
You might think knowing how the narrator's story ends would take away from the reading experience, but it really doesn't! It still made for an interesting read and I certainly enjoyed it. It helped that it had plenty of wit and humour throughout which led to quite a few laugh out loud moments!
Thank you to Pigeonhole and Hazel for the opportunity to read this fascinating book!
This love story told backwards is heartbreaking and beautifully written. I do wish it went a little deeper on some of the issues that were touched on so it does lose a star for that reason. Highly recommend either way
