No words. Just tears. Big fat tears.
“Because sometimes all we get are moments. There are no do-overs; whatever happens in a moment defines life—perhaps it is life.”
–Tillie Cole
What Is It About?
One kiss lasts a moment. But a thousand kisses can last a lifetime. One boy. One girl. A bond that is forged in an instant and cherished for a decade. A bond that neither time nor distance can break. A bond that will last forever. Or so they believe.
When seventeen-year-old Rune Kristiansen returns from his native Norway to the sleepy town of Blossom Grove, Georgia, where he befriended Poppy Litchfield as a child, he has just one thing on his mind. Why did the girl who was one half of his soul, who promised to wait faithfully for his return, cut him off without a word of explanation? Rune's heart was broken two years ago when Poppy fell silent. When he discovers the truth, he finds that the greatest heartache is yet to come.
My Opinion
6/5⭐
Can you read a book and cry the entire time? Yep, completely and utterly possible. A Thousand Boy Kisses taught me so much, gave me so much, but also gave me so much pain and hurt. I didn’t think it was possible to cry as much as I did. ATBK truly wanted to fight with Empire of Storms for first place in a Tears competition (and, somehow, they are still in a tie).
I will try to make this review as spoiler free as possible because if you decide to read it, I would like you to go completely blind as I did. Going blind with completely no idea what would happen in the book was the best thing I could have done. Even if I couldn’t stop sobbing with each page.
The worst part is that I knew this book was sad. I blame @gaby for this. But thank you so much, my friend, for recommending and making me read such an amazing and heartbreaking book. I loved having my heart broken into little pieces so that someone could trample on them later. Just absolutely loved it.
This book talks about so many things: love, friendship, family, life burdens, and so much more. ATBK hit hard, like really hard. I read this book at the beginning of the year when the death anniversary of the person who was like my second mom was just around the corner. So, to read ATBK book while also realizing that this incredible person who had seen me grow, with whom I shared some of the greatest achievements of my life but also the darkest moments, was gone. Truly gone.
I know this sounds like an awful and hurtful book, but it taught me to live life as if each day were unique and to say yes to new adventures even if it scares me. I learn that life is like cherry blossoms, and as the book says: "Live hard, love harder. Chase dreams, seek adventures… capture moments. Live beautifully."
I learned that I need to do what feels me with joy and happiness. Life is too damn short to do things we don't like just for the sake of it.
The tears I spilled for this book were truly bittersweet, intertwined between sadness and happiness. How is that even possible? I have no idea, but it is.
I recommend this book with my whole heart. For me was like a wake-up call for so many things. I hope you can give it a chance to this amazing book. Even if it breaks your heart into tiny little pieces.
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