Out of Love
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Beschreibung
“Hazel Hayes writes with such honesty and casual confidence and flowing dialogue, you feel you are overhearing it rather than reading it. The writing sparkles with wit and a poignant emotional reality. I love it.”—Matt Haig, bestselling author of The Midnight Library
“A smart, touching, time-bending romance. Funny and affecting.”—David Nicholls, bestselling author of One Day and Sweet Sorrow
For anyone who has loved and lost, and lived to tell the tale, this gorgeously written debut is a love story told in reverse, a modern novel with the heart of a classic: truthful, tragic, and ultimately full of hope.
Out of Love begins at the end. A couple call it quits after nearly five years, and while holding a box of her ex-boyfriend’s belongings, the young woman wonders: How could they have spent so long together? When did they fall out of love? Were there good times before the bad? These are the questions we obsess over when a relationship ends, even when obsessing can do no good. But instead of moving forward through the emotional fallout of a break-up, Out of Love moves backward in time, weaving together an already unraveled tapestry, from tragic ending to magical first kiss. Each chapter jumps further into the past, mining their history for the days and details that might help us understand love; how it happens and why it sometimes falls apart.
Readers of Normal People; Goodbye, Vitamin; and One Day will adore this bittersweet romance, a sparkling debut that you won’t want to miss.
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I really enjoyed the story itself and the important topics that were picked up, and I was basically flying through the pages because the writing style made the reading experience really enjoyable! The format and structure, telling a story backwards from ending to beginning, is what I'm unsure about - it was a new approach and knowing what is bound to happen when reading the earlier stages of their relationship added an interesting layer to the story, but it also was confusing at times, especially because the chapters itself were, of course, told chronologically, so I always had to do mental gymnastics of what has already happened, where we are and if the story actually fits together (because sometimes it didn't really feel as cohesive - reading the story again from last to first chapter would perhaps be interesting in this case).
You can’t fail at a relationship. That’s like getting off a roller coaster and saying you failed because the ride is over. Things end. That doesn’t mean the experience wasn’t worth it. *2.5 stars Unlike Holly Bourne’s [b: The Places I've Cried in Public|44004352|The Places I've Cried in Public|Holly Bourne|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1552657491l/44004352._SY75_.jpg|68410745], I don’t think that the narrative style worked for this book. To be honest, I wasn’t able to sympathise with the main character here, which might have been my biggest problem. From the beginning, the reader knows that Theo is a horrible man, but, after finishing the book, the main character could have seen this from the beginning of their relationship. The more I read, the less I cared about their relationship. I saw other reviews that say that the book is a lot of telling and little showing, and I absolutely agree with this statement. While I definitely liked the banter between the main character and her friend, nothing else really stood out. However, I think Hazel has a knack for writing and I can see myself picking up another book by her, if she writes one.
Beschreibung
“Hazel Hayes writes with such honesty and casual confidence and flowing dialogue, you feel you are overhearing it rather than reading it. The writing sparkles with wit and a poignant emotional reality. I love it.”—Matt Haig, bestselling author of The Midnight Library
“A smart, touching, time-bending romance. Funny and affecting.”—David Nicholls, bestselling author of One Day and Sweet Sorrow
For anyone who has loved and lost, and lived to tell the tale, this gorgeously written debut is a love story told in reverse, a modern novel with the heart of a classic: truthful, tragic, and ultimately full of hope.
Out of Love begins at the end. A couple call it quits after nearly five years, and while holding a box of her ex-boyfriend’s belongings, the young woman wonders: How could they have spent so long together? When did they fall out of love? Were there good times before the bad? These are the questions we obsess over when a relationship ends, even when obsessing can do no good. But instead of moving forward through the emotional fallout of a break-up, Out of Love moves backward in time, weaving together an already unraveled tapestry, from tragic ending to magical first kiss. Each chapter jumps further into the past, mining their history for the days and details that might help us understand love; how it happens and why it sometimes falls apart.
Readers of Normal People; Goodbye, Vitamin; and One Day will adore this bittersweet romance, a sparkling debut that you won’t want to miss.
Buchinformationen
Beiträge
I really enjoyed the story itself and the important topics that were picked up, and I was basically flying through the pages because the writing style made the reading experience really enjoyable! The format and structure, telling a story backwards from ending to beginning, is what I'm unsure about - it was a new approach and knowing what is bound to happen when reading the earlier stages of their relationship added an interesting layer to the story, but it also was confusing at times, especially because the chapters itself were, of course, told chronologically, so I always had to do mental gymnastics of what has already happened, where we are and if the story actually fits together (because sometimes it didn't really feel as cohesive - reading the story again from last to first chapter would perhaps be interesting in this case).
You can’t fail at a relationship. That’s like getting off a roller coaster and saying you failed because the ride is over. Things end. That doesn’t mean the experience wasn’t worth it. *2.5 stars Unlike Holly Bourne’s [b: The Places I've Cried in Public|44004352|The Places I've Cried in Public|Holly Bourne|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1552657491l/44004352._SY75_.jpg|68410745], I don’t think that the narrative style worked for this book. To be honest, I wasn’t able to sympathise with the main character here, which might have been my biggest problem. From the beginning, the reader knows that Theo is a horrible man, but, after finishing the book, the main character could have seen this from the beginning of their relationship. The more I read, the less I cared about their relationship. I saw other reviews that say that the book is a lot of telling and little showing, and I absolutely agree with this statement. While I definitely liked the banter between the main character and her friend, nothing else really stood out. However, I think Hazel has a knack for writing and I can see myself picking up another book by her, if she writes one.