Heart the Lover
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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
'Touching, thoughtful, a deeply affecting love story about time and regret' DAVID NICHOLLS
'Steeped in yearning, melancholy and the reckoning with mortality that must come to us all . . . King's writing still pierces you' The Times
'Exploring how first love shapes a lifetime, here is a novel of piercing clarity' Independent
'Beautifully written . . . I was hooked from the first page' Daily Mail
Our narrator understands good love stories - their secrets, their highs and free falls. But her greatest love story, the one she lived, never followed the rules.
She was in her senior year of college when star students Sam and Yash swept her into an intoxicating world of academic fervour, rapid-fire banter and raucous card games. Their lives became quickly intertwined - with friendship but also with unpredictable passions and the intimations of first love.
Decades later, she is a successful writer, living a comfortable life with her husband and children, when a surprise visit brings the past crashing into the present, forcing her to confront the decisions and deceptions of her youth.
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Spoiler: Cried at the end. 🧡
Although this was a very short book, it - was very deep & touching - had a bit of a length in the beginning/middle in my opinion At one point, close before the second part of the book, I was honestly questioning why this book is SO hyped (it was the first I read by this author). Yes it was easy to read, but the first part (college years) was so focused on literature (endless quotes and comparisons to works of big writers) that if you’re not an expert it was a bit much at times… 😬 However, right from the second part this story had me hooked! 🫨 Fast paced, deep, sad, touching… and I really admire how LK managed to put a whole life, all ups and downs & big questions in a book as thin as this and really gets the emotions across to the reader. Chapeau 🙇🏽♀️🏆
Description
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
'Touching, thoughtful, a deeply affecting love story about time and regret' DAVID NICHOLLS
'Steeped in yearning, melancholy and the reckoning with mortality that must come to us all . . . King's writing still pierces you' The Times
'Exploring how first love shapes a lifetime, here is a novel of piercing clarity' Independent
'Beautifully written . . . I was hooked from the first page' Daily Mail
Our narrator understands good love stories - their secrets, their highs and free falls. But her greatest love story, the one she lived, never followed the rules.
She was in her senior year of college when star students Sam and Yash swept her into an intoxicating world of academic fervour, rapid-fire banter and raucous card games. Their lives became quickly intertwined - with friendship but also with unpredictable passions and the intimations of first love.
Decades later, she is a successful writer, living a comfortable life with her husband and children, when a surprise visit brings the past crashing into the present, forcing her to confront the decisions and deceptions of her youth.
Book Information
Posts
Spoiler: Cried at the end. 🧡
Although this was a very short book, it - was very deep & touching - had a bit of a length in the beginning/middle in my opinion At one point, close before the second part of the book, I was honestly questioning why this book is SO hyped (it was the first I read by this author). Yes it was easy to read, but the first part (college years) was so focused on literature (endless quotes and comparisons to works of big writers) that if you’re not an expert it was a bit much at times… 😬 However, right from the second part this story had me hooked! 🫨 Fast paced, deep, sad, touching… and I really admire how LK managed to put a whole life, all ups and downs & big questions in a book as thin as this and really gets the emotions across to the reader. Chapeau 🙇🏽♀️🏆