“For the two of us, home isn't a place.
It is a person.
And we are finally home.”I literally have just finished this book, when you're reading this it will have probably have been a week after I've finished it because it's scheduled. But nevertheless, I'm writing it now. Without further ado, let me tell you about the sweetest book I've ever read.
I am flawed by this book. It is a pure love story, a story of complicated and young love, and I loved every single bit of it. It took me no time at all to read, I was sat in my cousin's bedroom and took this book off her shelf and within an hour had read exactly a hundred pages, and she allowed me to take it home with strict warning because it is her favorite book, so I read while waiting for the bus home, on the bus and when I got back home. Before I knew it I was two hundred and eighty-nine pages down and I had to stop because I wanted it to last a little longer than a couple of hours. When I returned from college I picked it back up and finished. It is very rare I can read straight hours without pulling myself away, but I was undeniably hooked in this book.
Anna is an American senior and her father thinks it's a good idea to send her off to the boarding school School of America in Paris, which she's not too thrilled about, she know nothing about France except basic things we all probably know, oh and she also cannot speak the language at all. So, obviously she's not thrilled, she's having to leave her best friend and an-almost-kinda-hopeful love interest. But soon enough she meet this boy, our leadÉtienne St. Clair—French name, British accent, American born— and I won't add anything else because this needs to be at the top of your list to read, if you haven't read it.
The characters are all brilliant, although none of these five stick out in my mind for the best characters ever created, they're some of the most realistic characters that had me laughing and crying. They're your friends, they're people you know and love, which is one of my favorite things when it comes to characters, realism. I love that Stephanie Perkins cares about all these characters, not just our two main characters, but also the secondary characters who are just as brilliant, they all had their own personality, they all had great dialogue, they were all in the book.
Without a doubt the best love story I have ever read, in fact it probably is on my most favorite books list. I cannot fault this book, I'm just disappointed I didn't pick it up before, but I think I enjoy it more now, being eighteen and reading it than I would have been four years ago when it came out, I wouldn't have connected with it like I did. It's one of the books I've read the quickest this year and Stephanie Perkins has a wonderful talent and book right here and I urge you all to read this absolutely beautiful love story.
