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

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“A truly profound debut.”—Buzzfeed”A time-bending suspense that’s contemplative and fresh, evocative and gripping.”—USA Today”Henry’s story captivates, both as a romance and as an imaginative rethinking of time and space.”—Publishers Weekly”This time-traveling, magical, and beautifully written love story definitely deserves a spot on your bookshelf.”—Bustle 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.

User’s Reviews

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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 have been waiting for 3 years to read this because I have hundreds (not an exaggeration) of books waiting for my attention and £7.99 is a little expensive for an ebook, however I always like to indulge at Christmas, so I took the plunge and I have to say that I have not enjoyed a book as much since The Heirs of Watson Island trilogy. Saying this, it was a bittersweet enjoyment. I figured out a plot twist half way through but I had no idea what the whole outcome would be and half of me wishes the ending had been different, yet it’s comforting to know that maybe it has a different ending somewhere. Might read a romantic comedy or cozy mystery now so I can take a breather before trying the next feast of a book and I will definitly be revisiting Emily Henry’s work again.

⭐Adored this book. I now have since purchased all of Emily’s other books and tracked down a hardback of this. It’s classed as YA, which is really quite irrelevant. Excellent writing, fast paced, unique and brought me to tears.

⭐This book makes you want to keep on reading. It makes you feel so emotionally connected to all of the characters on a level that no book has ever made me feel before.

⭐Although I found the main character a little slow to pick up on what was happening…I LOVED this book and couldn’t put it down. I had ideas about where it was going & I was both right & wrong, which is okay. As I’ve stated before, it’s nice to figure things but but you don’t want a tale to be too predictable otherwise, where is the enjoyment, where is the wonder. Thank you so much for an amazing read!

⭐I also just read this book & it deserves 3 stars. Actually i liked 1st few of chapters & last 3 chapters a lot & those tales by grandma but I couldnt connect myself with in-between plot of love, i felt like , its not love just attraction & couldnt engage myself with book,also u will not feel much about timetravel.She could reduce the in-between portion in few chapters and could make it more engaging & also language is more modern informal american english with short & crispy words of which u may not aware of(as i am Indian) so ………………..”Buy only if you believe in first sight love & and in that u can keep yourself engaged throughout.”

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