re-read: IT. STILL. LIVES. UP. TO. IT. YES LADIES AND GENTLEMEN U READ THAT RIGHT. I AGREE WITH MY 2020 14-YR-OLD SELF WOOHOOO.
the movie is FINALLY gonna come out on august 11 and i wanted to be READY so i ordered the book online at 4am on a friday and it arrived on tuesday and i IMMEDIATELY started reading it and looked forward to reading it everyday for the rest of the week and TODAY on saturday i have FINALLY finished it and i LOVE it and it is very apparent in the 45 annotations and sticky notes peeking out between the pages. this book has been the highlight of my shitty week, and at first i was unsure if i was actually gonna like reading it again but then i got fully absorbed into this book after the first 10 pages or less.
the friendship, the supercut of historical letters exchanged over emails, the relationship, the personality UGH. i did not expect to relate to alex so much considering how different he is but as it turns out, he's not that different. AND HENRY LORD WHY ARE ALL HENRYS SO GOOD AND BEAUTIFUL AND SMART AND KIND I WANT MY OWN HENRY PLSPLSPLS FJDJS.
at some point in the third act, i was unsure if i was gonna give it a 5 coz i'm not rlly a fan of ppl being outed, i can't imagine anyone is, but looking at the aftermath, even if it wasn't on their terms, i think they came out better and happier. and that ending scene. LORD. i knew how it was going to end but the fact that all that emotion was still running through me and that last line with unlocking the door just solidified the fact that yes, undoubtedly, this is a 5 star book, no questions asked. this book never ends and yet it does and it's my comfort book and just, this BOOK. love personified.
