The Love Scribe: A Novel by Amy Meyerson
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Web ID: 16376151A non-traditional love story
I really enjoyed this story told by a masterful novelist. The character development was phenomenal and I was lost in all of the stories within this wonderful story. If you haven't checked out her other two books, you definitely should!
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Oh, Alice!
Favorite Quotes: There’s something about that story. I can’t explain it. It opened me up. Maria said the same thing. It was like being unfolded from the inside out, so the love could seep in. “My gift? Gabby, the only thing I’m gifted at is quitting. I have a preternatural talent for giving up.” Gabby frowned. “All the more reason not to quit now. And for the record, I’ve never believed that about you. It’s just an excuse you’ve been telling yourself for years so you don’t have to pursue anything challenging.” She was a clever one, that Gabby. If Alice turned her down now, she’d be proving Gabby right. Most people’s problems, Alice was beginning to discover, were pretty obvious. Everyone thinks they’re hiding their pain, their insecurities, their struggles. Really, most people are just so focused on their own issues that they aren’t particularly observant of others. If you stop for a second and look, really investigate someone, they unfold before you like a book. Most people, at least. “Blame is its own form of grief.” Madeline scratched at the scar on her cheek. “It’s easier to feel guilty than to admit you’re helpless. Do you always eat sandwiches like that?” … “Like you’re afraid of them. Like that—” he pointed to the piece she’d ripped off and was about to eat. “The entire point of a sandwich is that you can just take a bite.” He gnawed at his baguette like it was a turkey leg at a Renaissance fair. He was tall and thin, with warm brown skin and a head so bald it shone. His chin was hidden by a neatly trimmed beard with a white patch shaped like a heart. When he caught Alice staring, he rubbed his palm against the spot. “Some people wear their hearts on their sleeves. I wear mine on my face.” My Review: Rereading the vast plethora of highlighted passages I saved during perusal reminded me of just how cleverly insightful and intricately nuanced this novel was. Amy Meyerson is such a nimble raconteur, I kept marveling at the creativity and vibrant details of the brain-snagging and mind-prickling scenes her words conjured. I was sucked into an oddly compelling vortex that kept me a bit on edge yet unable to look away for fear of missing a crumb. I felt on unsteady ground throughout the journey, and can’t remember the last time I enjoyed that peculiar unsettling feeling more.
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A book about the magic of writing and also love
Full disclosure Amy is a good friend. I don't read blurbs before I open a book I'm already going to read, so this one was a full adventure. The beginning was so funny and captivating and where-is-this-even-going that I just sat back and let the book take me on a journey even when I didn't fully trust that it made sense or was even heading toward a conclusion (and I was right to trust it). The magic in the book was so grounded that it never became too much or cheesy, and the ending ended up being more thought-provoking than I was ready for, and made me want to immediately start the book over again.
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Big juicy tale
In THE LOVE SCRIBE, Alice is the protagonist unable to complete anything in her life while existing on the sidelines. On a whim, she writes a brief story to help her best friend overcome another messy breakup. Much to Alice’s surprise, the short story leads her friend, and other readers, to sudden love. If this was the entire book, it might have been a light-hearted read. But Alice wanders down a rabbit hole of magical realism and her own struggles with life and love play out in ways both charming and creepy. Author Amy Meyerson has some trouble reining in her considerable talents with this big, juicy tale of a life not yet embraced. The book wanders at times and some extra fluff is not always helpful. Nonetheless this is a joyful experience not to be missed.
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