"How to End a Love Story is one of the sexiest, smartest, funniest, and most effective novels I've read in a long time. Yulin Kuang's voice is strong, sure, and singular-I'll read anything she writes. An absolute star." Emily Henry "This is without doubt one of my favourite romance novels of the year. It's so smart, rich and emotional, so beautifully written - I can't rave about it enough. I truly adored it." Beth O'Leary Helen Zhang is the bestselling author who can't write her own happy-ever-after. Grant Shepard is the screenwriter with the movie-star looks who can't afford his therapist. When the two of them are put together to adapt Helen's books for television, it should be a dream come true. Helen can start a new life in Hollywood. Grant can pay his mortgage. Only, Grant Shepard is the last person that Helen wanted to see again. She's never forgiven him for what happened thirteen years ago. So no one is more surprised than her when sparks begin to fly between them in the writers' room. Their history is messy. Their attraction is inescapable. And soon, they're both in too deep . . . This wasn't meant to be a love story. But aren't the best endings the ones you never saw coming? Readers LOVE How to End a Love Story ! THIS IS MY FAVORITE ROMANCE BOOK EVER. E V E R. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This book is incredible. This was such a gorgeous story of love and grief and all the myriad, messy ways that we express them. I laughed, I cried, I pined, I cried again, I was so so satisfied. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Yulin Kuang is a GENIUS! Easily my new favourite romance. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I started it on a Saturday at home and when I got into it, I couldn't stop. I immediately texted friends to make sure they have this on their radar. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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How to end a love story
von Yulin Kuang
"How to End a Love Story is one of the sexiest, smartest, funniest, and most effective novels I've read in a long time. Yulin Kuang's voice is strong, sure, and singular-I'll read anything she writes. An absolute star." Emily Henry "This is without doubt one of my favourite romance novels of the year. It's so smart, rich and emotional, so beautifully written - I can't rave about it enough. I truly adored it." Beth O'Leary Helen Zhang is the bestselling author who can't write her own happy-ever-after. Grant Shepard is the screenwriter with the movie-star looks who can't afford his therapist. When the two of them are put together to adapt Helen's books for television, it should be a dream come true. Helen can start a new life in Hollywood. Grant can pay his mortgage. Only, Grant Shepard is the last person that Helen wanted to see again. She's never forgiven him for what happened thirteen years ago. So no one is more surprised than her when sparks begin to fly between them in the writers' room. Their history is messy. Their attraction is inescapable. And soon, they're both in too deep . . . This wasn't meant to be a love story. But aren't the best endings the ones you never saw coming? Readers LOVE How to End a Love Story ! THIS IS MY FAVORITE ROMANCE BOOK EVER. E V E R. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This book is incredible. This was such a gorgeous story of love and grief and all the myriad, messy ways that we express them. I laughed, I cried, I pined, I cried again, I was so so satisfied. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Yulin Kuang is a GENIUS! Easily my new favourite romance. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I started it on a Saturday at home and when I got into it, I couldn't stop. I immediately texted friends to make sure they have this on their radar. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Die Verbindung, die ich zu den Charakteren empfunden habe war einmalig.
2.5⭐ You know when a reading challenge prompt makes you choose a random book, so you do that but you end up with this one, and it's a mess but you can't dnf it because one of your goals is to not dnf books this year, so you have no choice but to suck it up and finish it? <i>Yeah...</i> Unlikeable protagonist with 0 (zero) personality, insane premise (derogatory), and if you took a shot every time this book made you cringe, you'd be dead. PS: PLEASE GO TO THERAPY, PEOPLE!
How to End a Love Story is a sweet story with potential, but had a few stumbling blocks for me. The third-person writing style made reading bumpy in places and created a certain distance to the characters. I also found it difficult to get started. For my taste, the dark chapters and the protagonist's difficult back story stood in stark contrast to the sudden transition to the Spice scenes, which felt unbalanced. In addition, I couldn't fully comprehend many of the main characters' decisions, which made it difficult for me to build a deeper connection with them. If you can look past these points, you still get a charming romance with some nice moments. For me, it was okay overall, but not quite perfect.
Dieses Buch hat mich positiv überrascht! Denn es geht viel tiefer als es zunächst den Anschein hat. Uns erwarten zwei sehr sensible und gleichzeitig interessante Protagonisten, die von den Schatten ihrer Vergangenheit durchs Leben begleitet werden. Zusätzlich ist das Thema super interessant. Wir erfahren alles wichtige rund ums Thema eines Drehbuchs. Für mich war das eine ganz neue Erfahrung und es hat mich unheimlich an die Geschichte gefesselt und zutiefst fasziniert ✨ Ich hätte nicht gedacht, dass mich dieses Buch so überraschen würde 💕
Die Story hat eigentlich echt vielversprechend angefangen: Zwei Leute, die durch ein schlimmes Ereignis in ihrer Schulzeit miteinander verbunden sind, treffen sich nach 13 Jahren wieder. Sie ist jetzt eine erfolgreiche Autorin, er schreibt das Drehbuch für die Serie zu ihren Büchern – und natürlich müssen sie wieder miteinander auskommen. Dabei kommen nach und nach alte Gefühle hoch, beide haben ziemlich mit ihrer Vergangenheit zu kämpfen, und irgendwie helfen sie sich gegenseitig, wieder ein bisschen heil zu werden. Themen wie Trauer, schwierige Familien und Schuldgefühle werden ernst genommen und gut umgesetzt, was ich echt stark fand. Auch das Setting rund um die Serienproduktion war mal was anderes – super interessant zu lesen, wie so eine Serie eigentlich entsteht. Was mich aber gestört hat: Die Erzählperspektive. Ich bin mit den beiden Hauptfiguren irgendwie nicht warm geworden. Es war, als würde man alles mit Abstand beobachten, statt wirklich mitzufühlen. Das hat’s mir manchmal schwer gemacht, richtig in die Geschichte reinzukommen. Alles in allem: Ein gutes Buch für zwischendurch, mit wichtigen Themen und einer spannenden Grundidee – aber emotional hat’s mich leider nicht ganz abgeholt. Wer aber ruhige, gefühlvolle Geschichten mag, könnte trotzdem Gefallen dran finden.