Taylor Jenkins Reid

After her newlywed husband, Ben, is killed while riding his bike, Elsie realizes the only family she has left is a mother-in-law she does not meet until after Ben's death, and whom she is instantly at odds with, and must forge a bond with the woman if she is ever going to get over the grief. Original. 35,000 first printing.

A Novel

Forever, Interrupted

I may be completely biased to this book bc I’m also in a stage of grief but I just didn’t like it. It was good but also boring and just dull. I genuinely didn’t even fully read the last couple of chapters, skimmed them really, and I didn’t miss much by doing that. I think the entire book can be skimmed, a really disappointing read from TJR in my mind, I wish I had liked it more.  

Melissa Clark 

Ashley

“I could feel that he loved me in a raw and real way, when it's not all rainbows and butterflies, when sometimes it's fear. I could feel his fear in that kiss and I could feel the desperation in his relief. It was intoxicating and it made me feel just a little less alone. The way we felt about each other, it made him do stupid things too.”

Laura Michelle

sophia

Kailei

Jennifer mitchell

have I mentioned recently that TJR is my favorite author? because TJR is my favorite author.

I would happily read a grocery list if she wrote it.

Jeannette Ordas

An easy breezy summer read just after Christmas. I wasn't crazy about the love interest nor was I fully sold on the main character, but I liked the mother in law and the gist of the story. If you're looking for a fast read, this is it.

Aleksandra

Wow. That’s a new kind of a heartbreak I’ve never felt before.

High Fidelity

It is already seen. Feels like deja vu from lots of things. It was lovely written, but it didn't get to me.

It was different,it was beautifully written,made me mad but it was a realistic grieving process. It was alot of tears shed because I lost my brother & some words really hit. Good read about love & grief & time.

Kyra

Sophia Taylor

** spoiler alert **
           To me, this book was very middle of the road. I did end up tearing up a few times. I wasn't really invested in the characters, like Ben was okay but I was just really frustrated with him most of the time because of the whole thing with him not telling his mom about Elsie. Speaking of Elsie, I get that she was grieving, but she was really mean, and I can get that to an extent, but she never really apologized to Ana for how she acted and that was frustrating. Also, this is super nit-picky, but it really bothered me any time there could've been a contraction but there wasn't. Like there were so many "you are"s "I will"s and "I am"s, instead of you're, I'll, and I'm, and I'm sure it's just a preference thing, but it was really annoying. Elsie and Ben had some cute moments, but it was definitely and instance of instalove and I'm not a fan of that trope (preference), I just felt like there wasn't a build to their relationship, it wasn't and then it was, and even though they had a couple of arguments, I knew nothing was at stake because I already knew the ending. Finally, whenever I read books, I read them like movies, and I just didn't like the end, when Ben said they had all the time in the world, I know it was probably supposed to read like really sad, but it almost made me roll my eyes. It's not a bad book, I liked the story, I just think it definitely could have been better.

Catarina Vieira

A escrita desta autora é simplesmente… apaixonante. 
Ao longo do livro acompanhamos um ano inteiro na vida da protagonista - um ano em que ela se apaixonou, casou e ficou viúva. Intercalamos entre capítulos em que o casal se apaixona para depois termos saltos temporais onde a protagonista está a tentar lidar com o luto.
É um dos livros mais crus que já li mas também um dos melhores. É uma jornada sobre a vida, o tempo, o luto, a força e, sem dúvida, sobre o amor. 
Não me arrependo nada de ter começado na autora por este livro que deve ser dos mais underrated de sempre.
Façam um favor a vocês mesmos e leiam porque é tão, tão bom.

Gisela Ayala 

More like a 3.5. It was a good book! Taylor Jenkins Reid is a phenomenal writer. I am always in awe of how she is able to create this realistic characters with all these qualities. They never seem fake or like they are trying to hard. 

It wasn't a life-changing book in my case which is why I only gave it 3 stars, but none the less it is worth the read. However, I suggest reading the actual book. I listened to it and the narrator didn't do such a good job with the male voice. It was a bit annoying and sounded like a little boy instead of a 28 year old man.

Eliza adkins 

Chelsea van Rer

Lilly

sydney

how dare tjr make me fall in love with a man who is already dead

ingrid

3.5 stars. while the main theme of the book is great and the description of elsie and susan grieving is handled well, i couldn’t give it 4 stars because of elsie, she just annoyed me too much. her grieving ben was totally fine, everyone grieves differently. but i didn’t like the way she behaved with ana most of the times or the things she said to ben right before they got married. anyways, it’s not a bad book and it’s definitely a good debut, but i don’t find this book great

Jordan /

Love is love is love. When you lose you it feels like the shittiest disaster in the world, just like dog shit.

Kenzie Scholer 

The plot was nonlinear which I really enjoy and it was a full circle moment for sure! There were a lot of vulnerable moments as well as moments where I laughed. I enjoyed this book.

Shan

LOVED THIS. Reminded me of The Two Lives of Lydia Bird. This story will sit with me for a while.

A hearth-wrenching love story that ended before its time. Beautiful insight of a broken heart and its way through the stages of grief, out of the pits of depression and into the light again. Someone said that grief is like a suitcase that sits at the bottom of your bed, and no matter what you have to pick it up every day, take it with you. Some days it will be filed with rocks, and you don't think you can carry it, and then other days, light as a feather. We should be lucky we had people in our lives that truly loved us, no matter how long or short our time together. 

P.S. Possibly the most painful last line of any book I have read so far. 

Jovana Gjekanovikj 

A hearth-wrenching love story that ended before its time. Beautiful insight of a broken heart and its way through the stages of grief, out of the pits of depression and into the light again. Someone said that grief is like a suitcase that sits at the bottom of your bed, and no matter what you have to pick it up every day, take it with you. Some days it will be filed with rocks, and you don't think you can carry it, and then other days, light as a feather. We should be lucky we had people in our lives that truly loved us, no matter how long or short our time together. 

P.S. Possibly the most painful last line of any book I have read so far. 

Damn you, Taylor Jenkins Reid.

Alyssa O

 Note to self: do not send husband to store to buy fruity pebbles. 

I liked this story as it flipped between the past story of falling in love and then the present. I liked that ultimately the story focused more on grief and platonic love as the main character goes through losing her husband, which is different than most TJR books. Solid read. 

Nkemb Idam

This book got me out of my reading slump that I had for like 3 months and the way Taylor Jenkins Reid depicts the way the main character deals with grief is simply amazing.

Forever, Interrupted A Novel

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