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Maybe Once, Maybe Twice
by Alison Rose Greenberg
Read Completed 10/12/23 | 4.25 stars
First off, this is NOT a romcom for those who are drawn in by the typical romcom-type cartoon cover. (I was also led astray by Libby marking it as "humorous" when it really wasn't funny at all.) This is not the book's fault and the synopsis is properly worded, but I was in for a surprise starting this when it immediately started hitting me with heavy topics!
That being said, I really did enjoy this book. It wasn't in the way that I expected but it really hit me right in the feels. This is the sort of emotional story I wanted to write when I was in college and had those deep, all-encompassing crushes so I really connected with it more than I thought I would, combined with the main character wanting to become a mother at 35-36, AND wanting to finally find her way in her career, and it was a heavy book for sure.
I really loved the relationships in this book and they also broke my heart. We see the two great loves of Maggie's life -- the first being Garrett, her current unrequited love of 12 years with whom it never seems to work out and the second being her high school/camp love who comes back into her life. It's neat to see a sort of love triangle that really isn't a triangle since the timelines shoot back and forth over all of the important times in Maggie's life, but there is a point where things have to come to a head in the end and (we hope) Maggie ends up with one or the other.
This was just an incredibly emotional book packed with longing, heartache, and living through your first loves all over again -- and what it looks like when you have to let someone go. My only gripe was that I didn't love the ending (I guess I liked it for Maggie but it wasn't right for me) and it just threw me a bit. It wasn't a bad ending and it was actually neat seeing something more realistic than a fairy tale come true... but after a lot of emotion, I just wanted a VERY happily ever after here. Back to romcoms for me.... I can only read one of these books like, once a year. This was that book. Now take me back to LOL moments, fantasy worlds, and wild thrillers and stop making me feel feelings outside of my own life 😅
First off, this is NOT a romcom for those who are drawn in by the typical romcom-type cartoon cover. (I was also led astray by Libby marking it as "humorous" when it really wasn't funny at all.) This is not the book's fault and the synopsis is properly worded, but I was in for a surprise starting this when it immediately started hitting me with heavy topics!
That being said, I really did enjoy this book. It wasn't in the way that I expected but it really hit me right in the feels. This is the sort of emotional story I wanted to write when I was in college and had those deep, all-encompassing crushes so I really connected with it more than I thought I would, combined with the main character wanting to become a mother at 35-36, AND wanting to finally find her way in her career, and it was a heavy book for sure.
I really loved the relationships in this book and they also broke my heart. We see the two great loves of Maggie's life -- the first being Garrett, her current unrequited love of 12 years with whom it never seems to work out and the second being her high school/camp love who comes back into her life. It's neat to see a sort of love triangle that really isn't a triangle since the timelines shoot back and forth over all of the important times in Maggie's life, but there is a point where things have to come to a head in the end and (we hope) Maggie ends up with one or the other.
This was just an incredibly emotional book packed with longing, heartache, and living through your first loves all over again -- and what it looks like when you have to let someone go. My only gripe was that I didn't love the ending (I guess I liked it for Maggie but it wasn't right for me) and it just threw me a bit. It wasn't a bad ending and it was actually neat seeing something more realistic than a fairy tale come true... but after a lot of emotion, I just wanted a VERY happily ever after here. Back to romcoms for me.... I can only read one of these books like, once a year. This was that book. Now take me back to LOL moments, fantasy worlds, and wild thrillers and stop making me feel feelings outside of my own life 😅