Year We Fell Apart

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What drew me to The Year We Fell Apart was the premise. I’m a major fan of the friendship turn romance trope and the synopsis of The Year We Fell Apart promised a story that was more than just a fluffy read. However it was much more than the story that made me fall in love with this book. First and foremost, the prose in the book was gorgeous and filed with so much emotion that you can almost feel exactly what Harper is feeling both in the present and in the flashbacks. It’s as if you’re right there feeling her confusion, hurt, anger and frustration as she comes to terms with her situation and moves on from her past mistakes.

Going into this book, I thought it would be a major tearjerker but fortunately it wasn’t. It was however full of heartbreaking moments as both Declan and Harper have been deeply wounded emotionally both by each other and by their family situations. I enjoyed the flashbacks …show more content…

I liked how it showed that Harper and her brother both had their own way of dealing with their mom being sick. I can definitely relate as my siblings and I have been in a similar situation with our father and though we are all siblings we dealt with it all in extremely different manners. Additionally, I love the character of Cory as he’s such a good friend to Harper especially. I think it’s realistic that he knows he can’t stop Harper from her self-destructive ways but it’s nice that he was only a found call away and when it came down to it he was there to pick up the pieces or even give her a ride home so that she made it home safely. Sometimes it’s the little things you do for your friends that make all the difference, you don’t need to be a “hero” who saves them or their “parent” who tells them what they can and can’t do you just need to be there for them. And I think this book captures this idea beautifully not just with Harper and her friend Cory but also with her and her

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