Reviews

The Love That Split the World by Emily Henry

carlisajc's review

2.0

2.5 stars.

clowdywings's review against another edition

4.0

I read this years ago and all I remember is that it's pretty sad but it has some pretty cute moments. I need to reread it.

kateheas's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

gracerramos01's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

2.5

sd227's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

crisfxgo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

missyjohnson's review

3.0

YA Natalie is an 18 y/o adopted child of native American heritage. She hears stories from someone that she calls grandmother. the stories are origin type stories from different cultures. the summer before going off to Brown University she gets a warning from grandmother that she only has three months in order to "save him". Natalie doesn't know if it is her brother, Dad, ex-boyfriend Matt or the new guy in her life, Beau Wilkes. Beau seems to have the ability to time travel and see different realities. I felt pretty early on that Beau might be a ghost. the information on time travel, and worm holes and alternate realities was interesting and way above my head. Interesting thoughts and not a bad story. the angst that teenagers feel was well done and I enjoyed the quick read

liyahreads22's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad

4.5

rychelereads's review

1.0

[modern, supernatural, magical realism, weird, young adult]

Appropriation.
The writer is not first nations while the main character and the character called "Grandmother" are. Everything is written from a white-lens and stereotypes abound. This is poor execution of an attempt at allyship. I'm loathe to say anything nice about it since you can attribute the dreamy quality of the story to the juxtaposition of prose and whimsical parables, and in large those parables are stolen. Also, the science of memory and ptsd was info-dumped at length.

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jenhurst's review

3.0

I’m not sure how I feel about this to be perfectly honest. I thought the writing was really good and the idea was great but I couldn’t figure out what it was going for. It wasn’t really contemporary, but not enough fantasy to be fantasy, not enough romance to be romance. It’s like it was trying to be everything but ended up not fitting in anywhere? The fantasy elements were too much to be magical realism as well. I struggled to connect with Natalie and all the characters. I didn’t think their relationships were enough of a driving force. Emily Henry’s writing still shines through and it’s nice seeing how much she’s grown as a writer.