One True Loves
Ratings205
Average rating3.8
“Just because something isn't meant to last a lifetime doesn't mean it wasn't meant to be. We were meant to have been.”
Ik vond dit echt een sad story. Ik heb een aantal keer echt met een steek in m'n maag dit gelezen. Het was soms zo sad. Ik vond het erg leuk om het leven voor Jesse, tijdens Jessie en na Jessie te lezen.
Nadat Jesse terugkwam vond ik hem echt een eikel. Hij was heel erg egoïstisch en ook wat hij tegen Emma zei (bijvoorbeeld “dit zijn mijn nichtjes”) ugh. Ik vond hem echt niet leuk. Ik hoopte dat ze voor Sam zou gaan, want Sam was heel veel liever voor haar. Gelukkig heeft ze dat gedaan, anders had ik dit boek niet zo goed gevonden als ik het nu vind. Niet het beste boek van Taylor, maar wel een erg mooi verhaal.
I thought this was gonna be a five-star read but it was missing something but I can't put a finger on what it is. Beautiful read though and I felt like I learned something about true love by reading this. Loved it.
people talk about this book as though it's some wonderful tragic masterpiece. they have cried and sobbed. and i read it in a fucking poker face. honestly the seven husbands of evelyn hugo was so much better than this.
For a first-time reader of Taylor Jenkins Reid books, this novel was pretty good! I had no prior expectations for her writing style, so I went in with a blind eye and was not disappointed. I quite enjoyed her writing style and story telling and am really excited to read some of her more known titles.
The book itself has a rather predictable plot in regards to who the mc would end up with to be honest, but reading through the mc's experience of figuring that out was interesting to read (especially reading through her emotional journey of coping with love and loss)
However I did not like how easy it was for the mc to have the freedom of spending time with both of the love interests; it seemed rather unrealistic especially considering she had only 3 days to spend with Jesse?? I don't really think that that's enough time to find your true self and who you belong with and Sam's entire attitude seemed so artificial. The fact that he was the one to call it off and ask her to not call him cause he needs to be prepared, only for it to go the way the mc wanted and Sam wanting to fight for her??? It just amazes me how easy it was for her but good for her lmao
*♾/5. this book..I'm so speechless rn. Once I started this, It was SO hard to put down. Everytime I did put it down, I just wanted to pick it right back up again. This story was so beautiful & I'm so grateful that I had the chance to read it. I loved the characters, especially the main character. I..idk I just know that I love this book so much..it was so beautiful and astounding. This is a story that I'll always be thinking about. A story that'll always be with me ❤️
I AM ABSOLUTELY RUINED GOODBYE
despite how emotionally wrecking this book is, i couldn't put it down. TJR's writing shines in this book as you are drawn into emma blair's life story and can't wait to find out what happens next, or how the characters are going to deal with the situation. i felt everything emma was going through despite not going through a single thing she had, and felt genuine anxiety when jesse resurfaced at the worst possible time.
while navigating the whole being married and engaged scenario definitely made this a worthwhile read, what really drove home how much i loved this book was how we saw emma grow over the years. whether that was through her relationship with her family's bookstore, or with her sister, or even with herself and how she started listening to what she really wanted, deep down, it was amazing to see her character adapt and change. the ending made perfect sense, but it also had me wrecked.
TJR... bring me more
What a heartbreaking decision Emma had to make. This one will stay with me for a long time.
I have read this book twice now and it gets better each time. It breaks my heart each time. Beautifully told story of heartbreak and impossible choices. I love the support Emma gets from her family. I just love everything about this book.
solo voy a decir que entiendo el punto de jesse y todo pero igual me cayó mal después de que volvió si
Emma Blair can't wait to graduate so she can move away from her sister, her parents and their expectations of where her life should go. Jesse Lerner is in the same boat. When Emma and Jesse meet, it's fireworks and soon their journey towards freedom from life in their small town begins.
Life for Emma & Jesse is fast-paced, chaotic, adventurous and exciting...until one trip changes everything. The helicopter Jesse's on crashes while flying over the North Pacific, and he is believed to be dead. It takes everything Emma has and everyone who loves her to help her grieve and put her life back together.
Years later, she reunites with Sam Kemper, an old friend from high school, on an impromptu trip to the music store. Soon Emma and Sam are engaged and while she will always love Jesse, she has grieved, healed and is ready to move on. Until life decides to throw a wrench in that plan, and Jesse is found alive and he is coming back home...to her.
Man alive my heart during this book. It's easy to read this and judge Emma for what she is doing and not doing but no one knows what they would truly do if they were in the same situation. I love this author and the way she writes and reflects the heart. I had tears many times throughout this one. I loved all the characters and the growth they experienced. Sometimes the worst pain can bring about the best change.
This book is AMAZZZZZZZZZING! Wow, what a concept, take one decision and split off into two alternate realities. I found it interesting and easy to follow and so sweet. Taylor needs to write a million more books like this!
Another really good book by Taylor Jenkins Reid. I'm glad it ended how I hoped.
This was the first TJR book that I've read. Definitely a great story. I knew right from the start who I wanted Emma to choose in the end and I was happy that it turned out how I wanted it to. This book made me really think...do we only have one true love in our lives? Will definitely be reading more from this author.
I really love this book I was team Sam the whole time I really didn't like Jesse or Emma at all I feel like we didn't get a lot of time with Jesse to really know him or love him
This is my first experience with a Taylor Jenkins Reid novel and it definitely want be my last. First I want to say that this is an impossible situation that Emma has found herself in and the author portrayed all of the conflicting emotions that each of the characters had perfectly in my opinion. It's broken up into several different sections. You get a section on Emma and Jesse's relationship, then you get Emma and Sam's relationship, and then there are different sections on what happens after Jesse is found and returns home. When I started this book I was expecting it to be less of the back story and more of the who is she going to end up choosing in the end. That being said though its not a bad thing at all. I can see why the author included it. It's fast paced but I felt like it needed to slow down a little especially in the beginning. When your getting all the back story on Emma and Jesse it felt like the author was flying through that part, like she just wanted to give you the basics but I felt like there love for each other could have used a little more fleshing out. I don't want to say that their love for each other was unbelievable because that's not really the case but I can't come up with any other way to explain it. I really enjoyed this book. I was talking to a friend on twitter about how I kind of didn't want to finish the book because I was worried about who she was going to end up with in the end. I knew who I wanted it to be and I was very passionate about it. I told her that if she ends up going with the other one I would most likely throw my book across the room. Just so you know my book is nice and safe on my bookshelf! I would like to comment more on each separate relationship but I can't really do that without spoilers so I am going to leave it at I really enjoyed this and I look forward to reading more by this author.
sigh I wanted to love this book. The premise of losing your true love and then having them come back to life is so intriguing to me. But I didn't like this story. First, the writing for the first half of the book was “this happened, then that happened, I felt this way”. I feel more connected to the story when I'm shown what is happening rather than being told. Second, I didn't like Emma. This could be due to the style this book was written in. I couldn't connect with her or understand her reasons for doing certain things. There was pre-Jesse Emma, with-Jesse Emma, and then post-Jesse Emma, who was a complete opposite of the person she was before Jesse disappeared, which made it hard to believe some of the decisions she made because they seemed out of her character. I don't want to give anything away so don't click on this if you don't want to be spoiled: I viewed her life with her first love as thrilling and passionate, whereas the life with her second love seemed dull and boring, as if she was just settling. I was #TeamJesse from the very beginning and it was painful to see Emma give up on him so easily. I felt like she had become comfortable in her life with Sam after Jesse "died" and she didn't want to let go of that. I find it hard to believe that you can so easily walk away from someone you've loved for a good majority of your life without even really trying to see if it could still work.
I'm not happy with how this one ended. It was a decent story that had the potential to be great but it just left me disappointed and wishing that I hadn't stayed up until 2 a.m. to finish it.
I was so excited to read Taylor Jenkins Reid's latest book “One True Loves” because I loved her last two novels. I didn't even know the title of this book, I just scheduled the release date into my calendar as soon as I knew it existed (I live for a surprises a little too much), so I didn't have any idea what it was going to be about. (Clever title Ms Jenkins Reid! I approve!)
Tara has an amazing way of crafting sentences and paragraphs that leave an imprint on the heart and mind in such matter-of-fact and profound ways. Her characters always seem like they could be people that you know, and the situations plausible. However, this book fell flat. It was just okay - too sappy and typical for my liking.
In the end I took away a few nuggets of life truths but I mainly thought: “Oh poor, poor Emma Blair - to be loved so deeply by two men. Such hardship, I tell you.” Barf. Haha