The Love That Split the World by Emily Henry (Epub)

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Emily Henry’s stunning debut novel is Friday Night Lights meets The Time Traveler’s Wife and perfectly captures those bittersweet months after high school, when we dream not only of the future, but of all the roads and paths we’ve left untaken.

Natalie’s last summer in her small Kentucky hometown is off to a magical start . . . until she starts seeing the “wrong things.” They’re just momentary glimpses at first—her front door is red instead of its usual green, there’s a preschool where the garden store should be. But then her whole town disappears for hours, fading away into rolling hills and grazing buffalo, and Nat knows something isn’t right.

Then there are the visits from the kind but mysterious apparition she calls “Grandmother,” who tells her, “You have three months to save him.” The next night, under the stadium lights of the high school football field, she meets a beautiful boy named Beau, and it’s as if time just stops and nothing exists. Nothing, except Natalie and Beau.

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⭐ I added this book to my to-read list over at Goodreads shortly after it came out in January 2016. I don’t remember the exact circumstances why I added it, so I’ll take an educated guess. The cover is absolutely gorgeous, and the plot includes main character Natalie Cleary getting visions of things that aren’t there. And then the mash-up statement that this was “Friday Night Lights meets The Time Traveler’s Wife” totally hooked me, though I’ll admit I forgot about that bit when I eventually started reading it.Somewhere between now and then, I got the email from Goodreads alerting me that the book was on sale for something like $1.99, so I downloaded it to my Kindle. After reading something heavy, I thought a good paranormal YA love story would be a nice change of pace, so I started it.And it wasn’t what I expected. Not that that’s entirely a bad thing.The story begins with Natalie receiving a late-night visit from “Grandmother”—perhaps a spiritual entity or an imaginary friend who tells her stories. Grandmother hadn’t visited in a long time, perhaps because earlier in her life, Natalie underwent some psychotherapy because of nightmares. But Grandmother is back with an ominous warning: Natalie has three months to save him, and she should seek Alice Chan for assistance.This is a wonderful starting point. There are clear stakes (three months to save someone!), and a clear mystery (who’s the him that needs to be saved?)—maybe even more than one mystery (who’s Alice Chan, why is she important, and how does Natalie find her?)—so I wanted to keep reading.It’s the last few days of senior year, so throughout the book, Natalie is also dealing with some of the same issues that all high-schoolers are dealing with, most particularly finding her identity. She lives in small-town Kentucky, but she’s heading off to New England to attend Brown University in the fall, partially to figure herself out beyond her small town. She has just broken up with her boyfriend of three years, the school’s football hero Matt Kincaid, so she’s trying to navigate life without being part of a couple. And her family—younger twin siblings Jack and Coco, and her parents—are white, and she’s Native American, adopted by them when she was younger, so she doesn’t completely know her full heritage.Grandmother’s stories are tales from a variety of Native Nations, and they provide clues to the mystery Natalie is trying to solve. But then Natalie finds Alice Chan, a psychology professor at a nearby university, and a diagnosis of repressed trauma eventually uncovers theories of alternate universes and timelines. Concurrently, Natalie meets the hunky Beau Wilkes—perhaps the famed “band room ghost”—who has an uncanny ability to travel between universes and through time.And here’s where the book doesn’t work as well for me. There’s a lot of telling in the book instead of showing; Grandmother tells these stories, Alice tells her theories. They’re interesting, but there are many passages of Natalie just listening and absorbing where not much else happens. Also, the juxtaposition of the nature and spirituality of Grandmother’s tales with Alice’s scientific explanations don’t mesh well, and it’s never fully explained why Beau—and ultimately Natalie—are able to do what they do. It’s not that I need an explanation, as I’m often willing to suspend my disbelief in a YA contemporary fantasy, but having so many possible explanations muddles the story a little.Eventually, we learn which him needs to be saved, and it’s a doozy! I loved the revelation, and I really loved the revelation of who Grandmother is, but when Natalie learns what she would have to do (and why) to save him, I was shocked. And in retrospect, I’m disappointed.The book is strongest when Natalie is on her journey to find her singular identity. She struggles to make a full break from Matt, sometimes getting pulled back to him, even when he does some terrible things. She struggles with her adoptive family’s tradition as she’s trying to solve the clues. She questions her decision to go to Brown, especially since she’s just met Beau and enters into an instalove relationship with him. All these aspects of the book and Natalie as a character are realized exceptionally well.But the ending goes against all that. It’s not about finding oneself, and that’s why—despite the book’s strengths—I can’t rate this too high. This disparity splits the world of the book and my love for it, so The Love That Split the World receives THREE AND A HALF STARS.

⭐ What I liked:1) The premise. The opening is engaging, and I wanted to know more about Natalie.2) The Native American folklore/creation stories3) For the most part, I found the story compelling. I finished it in 2 days.What I didn’t like:1) The ending is extremely confusing. There are whole paragraphs that I skimmed because the “science” (time loops, wormhole stuff) was so intricate and wordy.2) Another reviewer mentioned that there’s a lot of “telling” in this book, rather than “showing.” I definitely agree, especially when it comes to the end.3) The insta-love is cliche. We’ve all seen it before ad nauseam.4) It’s great that the protagonist is Native American. Her heritage (and especially lack of connection to her heritage) is explored in this book. HOWEVER, I did not enjoy that the main characters are hot girls and football players. That’s just a personal preference, and of course these people do EXIST, but I feel that most young adults don’t fit into these stereotypes, and are probably looking for more original characters.

⭐ The Love That Split the World by Emily Henry is a web of intrigue, love, and sacrifice. The novel is beautifully written, and the Native American re-tellings and creation stories scattered throughout the chapters add a touch of preternaturalism, diversity, and nostalgia. Henry has created an intricate novel by intertwining folklore, time travel, contemporary elements, and psychological spiritualism. When all of these elements are molded together, Henry’s characters come to life on the page and the plot fantastically transforms into a meshing of fantasy and reality.Natalie and Beau, the major characters, both deal with high school problems: competitive grades, getting into college, participating in sports/school functions, breakups, and self-discovery and self-identity. Their love is never forced, and overall it’s purely spellbinding and heart-pounding. They both hold secrets, and luckily they are able to share a common secret involving their hometown of Union, Kentucky.The whole book made me feel like I was cocooned in a glow of magic with intense, on-the-edge feelings. The Love That Split the World wraps you in a world of two extraordinary characters that have the ability to flip the world upside down and make the impossible work. When you go to read this book, prepare yourself for comforting stories told by a character named Grandmother and plot twists that will make your head spin (in a good way).This is a story that will definitely make a reader contemplate identity. More importantly, it makes you think about your own life choices and what paths those choices can lead to.

⭐ I’ve just finished and I’m a tad numb. I loved everything about this book, but it wasn’t a comfortable love. For once, I absolutely loved the female friendships. I loved the feminism. I admired the gritty realism. If I taught English, I would make this a book that we read together for all of the themes that teenagers need to become better adults.I wanted to see more at the ending, which might be why I didn’t give this 5 stars. I cried a fair amount. I don’t know if I can ever read this again. The first was a perfect experience, but I need something sunnier for my next read.You should read this, and encourage every young adult you know to read it.

⭐ I’m kind of at a loss for words here. How do I review a book, when I’m not even sure what genre it fits in? The easiest thing to say would be YA fiction, but I feel like I owe Emily Henry much more than that. This book is a romantic, paranormal, science fiction, coming of age story all wrapped up in 390 or so pages. The Love that Split the world is beautifully moving and is the kind of story that once you finish reading it, you can’t quite let go. It’s brilliant, gorgeous and touching. It’s a story about love, hope, friendship and sacrifice. One minute you’ll laugh and the next your heart is breaking. Honestly, I can’t even do it justice, but I recommend this to anyone who enjoys reading. I know I will have to revisit Natalie, Beau and Grandmother soon. “I want you to understand something, Natalie. No matter how hard it feels, you don’t need to be afraid to move on. There’s always more to see and feel.”

⭐ I am not even sure where to begin with this review. The Love That Split the World is a poignant YA novel that will tug beautifully at the heartstrings of every reader, regardless of their age or gender.Intricately weaved throughout the tapestry of Henry’s novel, is a smattering of legends and stories of creation many of us read in literature during college. They were not only compelling retellings of beloved tales but also added a nostalgic feel to a modern novel.The beginning of the story is soft and gentle, a whisper of words dancing to a delicate, yet steady tempo. Then a crescendo. And the once subtle murmurs, cry out, like a beautiful, all-encompassing opera. Long and heavy, and deliciously captivating. Pulling us into the pages, the ink filling our veins, transforming us from reader to character. Until the very end…When we collapse. Our limbs exhausted, hanging out from the page. A single tear falls from our eyes and blurs the words “the end.” And we struggle to remember. Was it fiction that just filled us? Was it reality? Does the difference even matter?Our hearts left simultaneously heavy and light from the beauty of the performance we just inhabited. And we close the pages. An immediate aching and longing filling us. We miss being there. We miss the story. The torment. The delight. And we wonder how we will ever inhabit the present, our present, the same way ever again. And we realize we won’t. And that’s okay. Because that’s what the words of talented artists do—they change us. Forever.And then a smile so wide and bright stretches our very aura as we remember, she has another book out for us to devour. And so the process begins again…

⭐ I really felt in tune with the main character. As an adopted Native American girl, a lot of the story allowed her to find herself and figure out what she wanted and where she fit in in this world. That kind of personal story really resonates with some people, so she’s extremely relatable.The story as a whole was intriguing. It left me a little confused at times as to what was going on (if this seems a little vague it’s because I don’t want to give away important plot points), but the idea that love could span different worlds in different times is very romantic. It’s very young-adult, but I found it refreshing. Definitely worth the read.

⭐ I fell in love with this book from the first page. Written with a poetic sensibility, the language, the style of the writing, pulled me in, made me want to reread each sentence. But the story too is beautiful, filled with just enough of the gushing angst of all my favorite YA, but also delving into the question of who we are in the world, especially when we come from two worlds, both literally and figuratively. Is it the perfect book? No. There’s no such thing. But for anyone who enjoys a multilayered tale, a strong heroine and an achingly beautiful love story, this is worth every penny, every moment spent between the covers.

⭐ (Feb 2016- posted on Goodreads)This book seemed to carry a wonderful essence of warmth and, well, it was just great.Even if the characters in the book don’t have similar personalities/backgrounds to you, or even the same lifestyles, I think this book could find a place in any reader’s heart.Why?1. There was such a variety of characters, you could at least relate to one. And have love-hate feelings towards another.From the quiet but overly sweet dad, to the friend you would want to have, to the person you could never feel the same about, and, of course, the boy from heaven above- this book has them all! Even though the plot was amazing on its own, the characters definitely added a fullness and depth to The Love that Split the World.2.The plot.I think, actually, that one thing that could summarize the beauty of this plot is the book cover itself. The image of the universe that sort of acts as a background on the cover symbolizes depth. Natalie’s culture is perfectly represented and portrayed in the stories that Emily Henry wonderfully retold in the book, which surely adds to that. And the sky you see “splitting” through the universe visually describes how all the twists and turns in the story came together.however…..The ending of this story kind of drove me crazy. It was a bit unexpected, probably because I was sure that we’d get to hear how everything turned out (and not only see it represented in a metaphorical way).3. The writing style.When Grandmother told stories to Natalie, I felt as if I was there listening to them too. It reminded me of all the fantasy books I used to read and want to be in, you know? In other words, the writing was so perfect and comfortable and familiar, I guess, that it could’ve been from another world. (no pun intended.I’m lying.)4. Beau.Enough said. You know you liked him too.Anyways, it was pretty cool how in the story he wasn’t the one saving the day and stuff.I don’t have anything else to write about- since I read TLTSTW a month ago and forget things pretty easily haha. I hope you enjoyed my review!FAQsDid you regret reading this book?Not at all!Would you read it again?oh yeah.If you were a publishing agency reviewing this book, how would you describe it? A book of its own which creates worlds of its own. Stunning.

⭐ I think this should have been called The Book That Tried To Do Too Much. There were just too many themes going on. To name a few: romance, growing up and leaving home, time travel, paranormal, hallucinations, teenage angst, Native American stories about creation and love, quantam physics,etc. It was an interesting premise—-sort of a modern day version of creating a world based on choice when there are parallel universes (I swear this is an old star trek episode) but I think the book just tried to do too much and therefore didn’t focus on a few things well.

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