8 Reasons To Read Letters To The Lost Review | More Contemporary Books + Messy Mumbles.

So today I’ve done 5+ish hours of revision, got so exhausted my eyes are puffy and blurry and just as an extra lil‘ bonus, I’m starting to get a cold. This is fantastic because 1) I’m about to freeze my ass off in a cold hall and sit 17 exams, 2) runny noses. . . fab, 3) I totally deserve this punishment.

Anyways, I’m kind of in the mood for ranting, kind of not.

SO HERE’S A REVIEW???

*pfft, I so am.

I wrote a whole full-length review thing on my Goodreads which you can read here as this review will be in a new format that I haven’t REALLY used before!

I read Letters To The Lost a while ago, well. . . November time and read it in a day, which LITERALLY NEVER HAPPENS*  and well. . . I thought I’d share it here too**

*ok, it happened twice that week. . . **i.e I didn’t know what else to post. . .

• • The Letters: I adored the letters and their meaning. This book focussed so much on the feelings of losing a loved one, HENCE THE TITLE, but like. . . it was so thoughtful and BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN. I loved the letters between Declan and Juliet — eventually. At first, I didn’t really like Juliet’s anger towards Declan’s first reply, as I thought that it was hypocritical as she accused him of having no idea what she was going through and just assuming, whereas she didn’t really consider what HE could have been going through?? However, it developed nicely.
    
  • Realistic Friendships!!!: DECLAN’S BEST FRIEND!!! REV!!!!!! SMOLLEST CREATURE!! He was like Yoda. . . but boxer size. I WANT MORE FROM REV!!!! He’s getting a separate book??? And!!!!!! Juliet’s best friend!! ROWAN!!!! OMG guysssssss!!!!! This book had a really REALISTIC F/F friendship where there was COMMUNICATION, (MINI)BOY DRAMA, SQUIBBLES, but guess what IT WAS REAL.
  • DECLAN: he gave that stereotypical bad boy vibe with the “TROUBLED PAST” thing going on too, BUT girls didn’t swoon over him endlessly and weren’t obsessing over him. He wasn’t popular and was actually quite judged, BUT IT ALL WORKED. The stereotype was completely shaken about because really, HE’S JUST AN EMOTIONAL GUY/MESS.
  • His Development: Okay, THIS IS TOTALLY WORTHY OF A WHOLE BULLET POINT. There’s this moment when he realises something, I was so scared that he was gonna do a bad thing because he was soo emotionally stressed, but then he did the RIGHT thing and I was like: yes!!! This!! Is!! Declan!! People!! Stop!! Assuming!! He’s!! Bad!! (even I need to bc development!!)
• 
  • JULIET: I mentioned above that she was a tad hypocritical at the start for me, and I think that she made AWESOME character development. I nearly forgot about being a bit annoyed at the beginning. And!!! In the beginning, I feel like she was overly harsh on her dad (who’s actually a cinnamon roll) BUT AGAIN!! DEVELOPMENT!! (More like PLOT TWIST!!!)
  • Them: I love how they got to know each other NOT KNOWING who each other were and KNOWING who each other were. (THIS MAKES NO SENSE, but it does if you’ve read the book!) I WANT SOMEONE TO WRITE ME LETTERS. LIKE. The relationship via letters I think went a bit fast?? They got attached really quickly, I mean anyone would if they were sharing ALL THAT with someone! And the relationship (irl) they had moments where they really got along and!! dgkbdsgb!! cute!!
  • THE PLOT TWIST: LIKE WHOA. *MORE THAN A MILD SHOCK* I did not see that coming. I think that it really changed Juliet’s perspective on a LOT. Buuutttt she acted a bit rash. . . That was a bit shitty.
  • The Messages!: A lot of the book was based on photography, which introduced the key theme of a “snapshot of people’s lives” that people see. With Declan, people judge his past. Juliet get’s judged on her mother’s death. And Juliet, she judged her mother based on the photos that she took for her occupation, but I don’t think that she REALLY knew her mother. And both Juliet and Declan judged each other in real life, as they didn’t get along at first because they were subconsciously judging each other on things that they’d heard about each other. Like, don’t judge.

 

I’ve been reading more and more contemporary books lately??? I’ve really loved them too!! For example:

You can read my review for Eliza and Her Monsters here, Release here and Starfish here!

I’d love to read some MORE contemporaries, such as:

Have you read Letters to the Lost? What did you think? Have you read any of the ones on my TBR? What contemporaries have you been reading lately?? Do you mainly read contemporaries? Let me know! 

 

Luuuuuuuu