Aug 15, 2020
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This book is so good and so well written and made me feel things I haven't felt before and understand things I used to find strange. Certainly in my top 5 favorite books, thank the universe this book exists!
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Day 1
This book is so good and so well written and made me feel things I haven't felt before and understand things I used to find strange. Certainly in my top 5 favorite books, thank the universe this book exists!
The Problem With Forever - Jennifer L. Armentrout
(I have to admit, I’m a bit addicted to Armentrout for the moment. Every time that I think I have read all her books, I discover there are more.)
The Problem With Forever is about Mallory Dodge and Rider Stark who used to live together in a situation of child neglect and abuse as foster kids. When the book starts, they haven’t seen each other for years, until Mallory enrolls in high school for the first time, and finds Rider again. The Problem With Forever is the journey of Mallory and Rider as they find each other again, and try to start living instead of letting their past catch up with them.
Like every book of Armentrout, it’s extremely well-written, althoug I feel like at times, something misses. Rider and Mallory don’t really talk about their past for example, and the main focus is on romance and live, not on the battle with mental health that both Rider and Mallory are fighting.
All in all, it’s a good book.
The Problem With Forever; Jennifer L. Armentrout
Jennifer L. Armentrout has produced a wonderfully poignant novel with her most recent work, The Problem With Forever. Mallory “Mouse” Dodge grew up in a foster home where the only way to stay safe was to stay silent. Rider grew up right beside her, taking on the world for the both of them. After years of living two separate lives, Mouse in a dream adoption and Rider in a manageable foster home, the two find each other again at highschool. Now they both must realize how their lives could possibly fit back together again. Armentrout has taken great care in appropriately researching an under-represented reality. Interestingly the novel shows three different, plausible foster situations and the benefits and dangers that come with the process. I would also like to applaud the way mental health and unhealthy relationships are dealt with as separate, yet equally important issues in the novel. The Problem With Forever is a heartbreakingly beautiful contemporary novel giving a microphone to the mice of the world.
Every Book/Series I’ve Ever Read: The Problem with Forever by Jennifer L. Armentrout “Forever was something we all took for granted, but the problem with forever was that it really didn't exist.”
Tipping back my head, I laughed-laughed long and hard-and when I looked at him, he was staring at me in his intense way. "What?" I asked, my smile starting to fade slowly. He gave a little shake of his head. "Nothing" He paused. "It's just that I haven't heard you laugh like that in...yeah, along time. It's nice." I was smiling again. "Really nice," he repeated, and our gazes locked again. He was still holding my arm and his thumb was still moving in slow, smooth circles. "I hope you do it more often."
Jennifer L Armentrout, The Problem With Forever