I have this fear that my husband will die young. I’m not sure if it’s rational or irrational. I hadn’t dealt with much death in my life, except for grandparents, until about a year and a half ago when my aunt and uncle died in a freak plane crash. They were both 63 and damn it, it was way too soon. Their presence still lingers in my soul. I miss them and who our family was when they were here.
After the shock of their deaths wore off some time later, I started noticing these fears that would pop up inside me. What if my parents die too soon? What if another aunt or uncle dies soon? Everyone is supposed to be here for so much longer. Everyone has so much life left to live.
And then, all of the sudden, it hit me. What if Nathan dies too soon? It would make sense if he did. The perfect couple ripped apart from each other long before their story was meant to be over. We have the best marriage, and I’m not just saying that. If it sucked, I would tell you. But it doesn’t. It’s the best. And I would be completely devastated and lost and not myself without my best friend.
God-Shaped Hole made me address this fear. It made me address it HARD and I didn’t even want to. I felt like I was walking on eggshells reading this book. I didn’t want to get too attached to the characters because I knew some kind of horrible doom was upon them. Tiffanie DeBartolo, WTF?
When I was twelve, a fortune teller told me that my one true love would die young and leave me all alone…
When Beatrice Jordan meets the unpredictable Jacob Grace, the two wild souls become instant allies. Together they discover an escape in each other’s creativity and insecurities, while running from secrets they cannot seem to shake – or a fate that could throw them to the ground . . .
I know I said I cried real tears with November 9, and it’s still a true statement. But this book made me desperate for air. I couldn’t come up from the words and pages. They held me there, paralyzed, unable to breathe, think or feel anything except the heartache. This one will break you. You won’t be expecting it, but it will.
3.5/5 stars for this one. I can’t read this book again. I won’t put myself through it. It was so sad, and I’m still hurting from it. I don’t know, it did make me address a major fear I have, but still. I didn’t want to do that, it just did it for me. If you need a good cry, pick up this book. If you hate sad things, do not read this book. I repeat, if you hate sad things, DO NOT read this book. This thing is only for those twisted at heart readers who will suck the life out of themselves just to get to that last page.
The Unfettered Matriarch 