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Book Review: Attachments by Rainbow Rowell



What intrigued me first when I started reading this book for the first time was its unique writing style, and how it worked out through the plot's development.

I don't know what changed between the first read and the second one, but I had this nagging feeling that I should re-read this book. That I'll find something valuable here.

And, well, let's put this simply, this story is better than any rom-com film I have ever watched. It is not your usual love story, and this makes it all the more special.

Beth is the right combination of smart, funny and interesting. She is the kind of woman people want to befriend. You'll fall in love with her when you read what she writes (Like Lincoln did).

Lincoln makes it look like it's okay if you're smart and still lost. Still trying to figure it out.

I read this part so many times, and every single time it gets me:

“Lincoln, I said you were cute because I didn’t know how to say—because I didn’t think I was allowed to say—anything else. But every time I saw you, I felt like I did the first time I heard that song.”

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