Love and Other Words

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Eleanor Of Winterdale I thought the same thing. I'm glad to see I wasn't the only one thinking that.

I could not understand why some other reviewers saw it as Elliot cheati…moreI thought the same thing. I'm glad to see I wasn't the only one thinking that.

I could not understand why some other reviewers saw it as Elliot cheating or a mistake. Emma took advantage of him. As someone else already said, we are not given enough information to ascertain whether Emma actually knew what she was doing and despite being aware that Elliot thought she was Macy still had sex with him, or not and Emma was so drunk that she didn't remember what she did the next day.

I loved everything about the book, but I would have liked it even more if this had been addressed. Even if Elliot couldn't consciously admit to himself that he had been raped, it is obvious that he had a trauma subconsciously which is hinted at when we are told he wasn't able to be physically intimate with anyone else for a long time and when he finally did, he had a breakdown.

I felt very sorry for him, but we were not given enough time to digest this information as Macy's story of what happened afterwards was so traumatic that it kind of eclipsed it.(less)
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We need Elliot's POV!!! I would like to know what happened at the party, from start to finish, his reaction, his feelings, what his "friends" told him, what happened next, EVERYTHING!!! Would you consider at least giving us those chapters from Elliot's point of view?! I think it's essential to the story (although I would prefer the ENTIRE story from Elliot's point of view but.. yeah) THANKS
Asralie Yes for sure, this would shed so much light on everything, poor Elliot tho
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How did the Petropoulos family not know Macy's father died?
Sima Yes, i wondered the same thing, it seems crazy that even if they weren’t close, they wouldnt a) hear about a fatal accident near their house and b) wo…moreYes, i wondered the same thing, it seems crazy that even if they weren’t close, they wouldnt a) hear about a fatal accident near their house and b) wouldnt wonder why their next door neighbour suddenly is gone. It just seems so unlikely that no one in the family or in the town would not know about it. This bothered me so much especially cuz so much of the story hinged on Elliott and his family not being aware.(less)
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Luffy Actually another question discussed this aspect. Unfortunately its the reviewers who missed out on it completely. I read the book yesterday and while …moreActually another question discussed this aspect. Unfortunately its the reviewers who missed out on it completely. I read the book yesterday and while reading the entire chapter, I was just hoping they address this issue. And I get it that its not the responsibilty of writers to give social messages but something tells me that this part was added not because of the intensity of the crime or the impact it had on Elliot but to just move the story forward for a rift between the two which seems like a terrible thing to do. The guy was clearly traumatic both by the incident and the relationship he lost cause of it. Its crazy Emma got such a free escape. This part bugged me till the very end and though i was happy for the two, I feel this is more on the authors than on the characters they built. Cause their recent novel Soulmate equation was pretty woke by the current standards and defied all the misogynistic and bad troupes romance novels carry and since this book wasn't published that long ago i thought i would see that in this book too. Let's hope we get a epilogue for this story in their other book since they didn't add it here and make sure they shed light on it.
Thats the most they can do for this grave mistake they did(less)
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