After Alice’s best friend Gabby breaks up with her boyfriend, Alice writes her a story to brighten her spirits. Alice is astonished to hear that while reading the story in a cafe, Gabby meets the man of her dreams. Gabby shares the story with some of her friends, who all find love after reading the story. After hearing about everyone falling in love, Alice slowly becomes convinced that her stories are magical and goes into business as a love scribe.
This was a nice book. It had some good parts and some not-so-great parts. I wasn’t sure if I was going to like Alice as she seemed to be a bit of a pushover, at least in the beginning. Her character gradually grew on me even though she appeared to have little personality. In fact, a lot of the characters seemed kind of bland and I’m not sure anyone was really memorable.
I really liked the magical realism part of this book and I wished there were more of it. I love the idea of someone being able to write stories that will lead people to love. I had hoped that we would learn more about all of Alice’s stories, but we really only hear the plot of a couple of the stories and the rest are only mentioned in passing.
I was a bit confused about the ending, which I think is supposed to be a bit ambiguous. As someone who likes things wrapped up in a bow, I still have some lingering questions that will probably never be answered.
I did like the overall message of the book, that of finding and loving yourself and accepting love. Grief and forgiveness play a big role in the book as well and I was happy that Alice was able to deal with her past.
I liked this book but I didn’t love it.
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