Giles' Mad Musings

The Stranger I Have Loved


3.49 Stars

This was a hard book for me to rate. Truly wish that it were possible to give half stars. Four stars just do not sit well with me, but the three stars also seems less than enough.

The book was well written and I commend the author for sharing an obviously painful part of her life. The pain of unfulfilled promises and a ‘happily ever after’ that doesn’t work out is universal. No matter how foreign the reasons for it may be to some readers.

Though I sympathized with the author throughout the story I could not help but feel this nagging sort of disconnect from the events being told. This disconnect comes from areas of the book feeling hampered in the telling by Aubrey’s decision to not be involved in with the book (as we find out in the later chapters).

** I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review. **