How to End a Love Story

Loved it, very satisfying read, but I can't shake that there is some missed opportinuty that keep me from grading it 5 Stars.

I really liked the way the mmc was affacted by their shared trauma but the revelation of his difficulties to the fmc could have been a drama-feeled cathartic and beautul scene and it was not.
same thing goes for the writing room, the revelation of their shared trauma could have been an intersting scene and I was kind of waiting for it during the first half of the book and it never came.

But except this, I really liked this book and I feel like Emily Henry's futures adaptations are in good hands.

We Will Watch Your Career With Great Interest...

Sweet and emotional. I liked how everything wasn't wrapped up neatly at the end.

that turned melodramatic

I hate read the last 40% of the book. god it was so frustrating.

Oh I this book was so good! I couldn't put it down. I felt like these things were happening to me instead of looking at a scene of these things happening, which is an extraordinary feat considering it's told from a dual 3rd person perspective.

This wasn't a slow burn, but the yearning was still so heartfelt and evocative! And finally, a contemporary hate to love arc that makes sense. I highly recommend this one.

How is this a debut? Tender, sweet, and complex.
Such a great portrayal of working in TV.

Also doesn't read like a screenwriter wrote a screenplay but sold a novel.

I was scared to read this because i knew the author is adapting Emily Henry's books. Hopefully she does better as a screenwriter than she did as an author. I understand this is her debut, but I believe as a writer of any kind - she even wrote fanfics apparently - you get the gist of a novel and how to properly write it

The first turn off about this book was the way the author consistently changed POVs. I don't mind dual POV, in fact i find them fun and interesting as they often give us both sides but here, in this book, it wasn't chapter by chapter but rather paragraph. We would be reading about Helen then suddenly it would shift to Grant, it was confusing and distracting in a way. I could immediately tell that a screenwriter wrote this. It felt like how you would transfer movie into books.

The second thing was the way Helen treated Grant in the beginning. Helen was aware that it wasn't his fault her sister killed herself but she was utterly rude and condescending. She could have been cordial at the least. We were told that she hated talking to people and crowds, but girl wasn't making the least effort even during room time. I really disliked Helen.

The romance was non-existent, to be fair. This was trauma bonding, there was no connection, no love, bo chemistry. Helen went from hating him, not even thinking about him to having wet dreams about him real quick?!

And what of her feelings with her parents? She finally says what has been bothering her and confronts her parents, and then suddenly shuts down and doesn't bring it up again?

The pacing was all over the place.

And lastly, the thing that really put me off was the third act conflict. I personally despise break up as thurd act conflicts, but more importantly, i hate when they go for months on end not seeing each other and suddenly patch up like nothing ever happened.

• Author x Screenwriter
  - Enemies to Lovers
  - Workplace Romance
  - Complicated Past
  - Writing TV screenplay together
  - Forced Proximity
  - He Falls First
  - Emotional
  - Grief
  - Social Anxiety

Yulin Kuang is getting a lot of press as the screenwriter for two upcoming films based on [a:Emily Henry 13905555 Emily Henry https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1573928938p2/13905555.jpg]'s novels. Unfortunately, Kuang's own debut novel isn't strong enough to support its challenging plot - a love story between two people who are linked by a devastating tragedy. Thirteen years ago, Grant was behind the wheel when Helen's younger, troubled sister darted in front of his car and was killed. Grant wasn't at fault; Michelle had researched suicide online, and her toxicology report showed illegal substance use. But Helen, in her grief, still blamed him. When they meet again as a successful YA author whose books are being adapted into a TV series (Helen) and the screenwriter for the show (Grant), Helen can't stand to be in the same room as her sister's killer. Cue chemistry, a few heart-to-heart conversations, and spicy lovemaking. Helen and Grant's passion is easy to accept (hate f*cking exists), the love much less so. Screenwriting and novel writing are separate skills, and Kuang is unable to capture that magical spark of connection that makes a HEA possible (including a wedding!) between two people with such a traumatic beginning (hint: it's more than witty dialogue). Emily Henry's debut, [b:Beach Read 52867387 Beach Read Emily Henry https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1589881197l/52867387.SX50.jpg 67832247], heralded the arrival of a bright new talent right out of the gate, and her subsequent novels have been equally successful. Kuang's admiration and respect for the author make me optimistic about the translation of Beach Read and [b:People We Meet on Vacation 54985743 People We Meet on Vacation Emily Henry https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1618913179l/54985743.SX50.jpg 67832306] to the big screen, but as a novelist she's not in Henry's league, at least not yet.

started off really strong. i literally laughed out loud a few times! i thought it would be a 5/5 but somewhere about halfway through it got iffy and i was just wanting it to end