Live For This: Unbreaking the Broken
I
didn’t plan on reading Live For This by Kathryn Biel because in my mind, it’s one of those stories that
will make me feel miserable after reading. Surely, a man with a broken body and
woman with a shattered soul is a downright depressing combination, yeah?
Well,
guess what? It’s not that at all. I didn’t feel like the world is crashing down
on me. There’s no feeling of heaviness or misery or grief. Nothing of that
sort.
This is superbly written. It’s hitting the right notes. The jokes are landing. The drama bits are heart-rending and just tug at this ninja’s heartstrings.
Perhaps
the only problem here is that it has similarities to Jojo Moyes’ “Me Before
You”. Now, I don’t know if this was inspired by the book or the
similar events are just mere coincidences. It might bother some readers, but it
does not bother me all that much because there is a clear divergence in
storyline.
This
is not a story that’s just written for the sake of eliciting strong emotions. It
not only sends a message of hope, but also the acceptance of hard realities.
Two
words: Read this.
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