The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan // BOOK REVIEW

 Even when I detach, I care. You can be separate from a thing and still care about it. If I wanted to detach completely, I would move my body away. I would stop the conversation midsentence. I would leave the bed. Instead, I hover it for a second. I glance off in another direction. But I always glance back at you.

Book: The Lover’s Dictionary

Author: David Levithan

Genre: Romance, Fiction, Contemporary, Poetry

Synopsis:

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There has to be a moment at the beginning when you wonder whether you're in love with the person or in love with the feeling of love itself.

If the moment doesn't pass, that's it―you're done. And if the moment does pass, it never goes that far. It stands in the distance, ready for whenever you want it back. Sometimes it's even there when you thought you were searching for something else, like an escape route, or your lover's face.

How does one talk about love? Do we even have the right words to describe something that can be both utterly mundane and completely transcendent, pulling us out of our everyday lives and making us feel a part of something greater than ourselves? Taking a unique approach to this problem, the nameless narrator of David Levithan's The Lover's Dictionary has constructed the story of his relationship as a dictionary. Through these short entries, he provides an intimate window into the great events and quotidian trifles of being within a couple, giving us an indelible and deeply moving portrait of love in our time.

What I think about it…

I don’t really have much to say about it so here goes nothing…

I love how it was creatively written and it’s easy to read too, however I’d like to understand more about the story. Though I think the story written that way made it so much more interesting that it kept me wanting for more, still I feel like it was so vague and there’s something lacking. It’s not boring but the way it was written made it more confusing like I was thinking if the characters are still in love with each other? Are they still together? What really happened to them? I’d like to think that they’re still together but I’m not sure because there was no conclusion at all.

My Verdict

This was my first David Levithan book and I like the way he writes. This book gave me feels but I rated it only two stars because again, I think it was so vague. I’d like to pick up more of Levithan’s books though. It looks like he makes great contemporaries.

MY RATING

★★☆☆☆