This Love Story Will Self-Destruct

This Love Story Will Self-Destruct

Leslie Cohen

Enjoyment: 4.5Quality: 4.5Characters: 3.5Plot: 2.5
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This is the classic tale of boy meets Girl…goes home with someone else. Meet Eve. She’s a dreamer, a feeler, a careening well of sensitivities who can’t quite keep her feet on the ground, or steer clear of trouble. She’s a laugher, a crier, a quirky and quick-witted bleeding-heart-worrier. Meet Ben. He’s an engineer, an expert at leveling floors who likes order, structure, and straight lines. He doesn’t opine, he doesn’t ruminate, he doesn’t simmer until he boils over. So naturally, when the two first cross paths, sparks don’t exactly fly. But then they meet again. And again. And then, finally, they find themselves with a deep yet fragile connection that will change the course of their relationship—possibly forever. Follow Eve and Ben as they navigate their twenties on a winding journey through first jobs, first dates, and first breakups; through first reunions, first betrayals and, maybe, first love. This is When Harry Met Sally reimagined; a charming tale told from two unapologetically original points of view. With an acerbic edge and heartwarming humor, debut novelist Leslie Cohen takes us on a tour of what life looks like when it doesn’t go according to plan, and explores the complexity, chaos, and comedy in finding a relationship built to last.

Publication Year: 2018


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    You know how some books feel cheaply composed because the conflict gets set up in the first two chapters, and the characters are drawn exclusively to think about each other until the conflict is resolved? This is the opposite. The two main characters do not seem destined for each other. There is no conflict that keeps them apart. And the characters are fleshed out not by the exposition of their own thoughts and reflections, but by what happens to them. I'm captivated so far, because this feels like real life, but in a good way.

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    Enjoyment: 4.5Quality: 4.5Characters: 3.5Plot: 2.5
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