blakebirdie's review

5.0

I read Alice Isn’t Dead right after this and the fact that some of the same dialogue and moments made up both love stories gave me heart palpitations. This is a great memoir and I hope Meg writes a novel someday.
emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

coleyannknits's review

5.0

A New approach to telling a love story. Joseph and Meg take turns telling their own takes on the same events. A great read!

No big deal just an amazing book about two humans who are flawed but still in love. It’s a perfect story!!!

anniemccormick1025's review

4.0

I love all things Night Vale and adjacent.

sausome's review

3.0

2.5, rounded up to 3 stars. Meh. I liked the structure more than I liked the actual contents of the book. Halfway through I found myself pretty disinterested in the lives of the people I was reading about so I skimmed through the rest. There was a ton about touring and job stuff that felt less like memoir of a couple than just "look, here's my life as an employed person doing this thing." I mean, it's fine, but I was personally a little bored. I think I was looking for something a bit more personal and insightful than I ultimately felt like I got (though it was definitely there in the beginning.)
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_basicbookworm's review

4.0

This fun memoir documents the first ten years of the authors’ relationship - from each of their perspectives. They wrote about each year of their relationship without consulting or reading the others recollection of events. It was so fun to see what each of them thought was important to bring up and where there were slight differences of opinion. I laughed out loud at some parts, while some were heavier and made me sad. Overall, I really enjoyed this one!

What is one thing about your relationship you and your partner remember differently?
While reading this book, it made me think of my own relationship and where our perspectives of our story differs. For us, we both have VERY different opinions on the first 3 months of our relationship - he thought we were going on dates, I thought we were just becoming friends
emotional funny informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced
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essjay2023's review

4.75
adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced
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piddlepiddle's review

4.0

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