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Everyone, EVERYONE, should read this book. If you need to remember what is most important in life, this book is a beautiful, witty, funny, heart wrenching reminder. I read this book in a day. And though I will be reading it again and again, I wish I could meet and fall in love with Georgie and Neal again. A must read, and a definite promise of love.

I’ve really enjoyed the Rainbow Rowell books I’ve read. They were far from perfect, but they were fun, and she has a knack for creating flawed but compelling characters. I am trying not to be angry right now, but that is my response to this novel. It made me actively angry. The treatment by the husband of his wife, her accepting that sort of treatment as her fault, is NOT okay. (I watched my father do that to my mother, over and over, and destroy any hope of a career or friendship for a brilliant, incredibly talented woman.) The thing with the best friend felt tossed in and contrived, as if the author knew the husband’s behavior was not all right even in the slightest and was trying to justify it. It didn’t work. I loathed this book by the time I’d finished it. I wish it were hard copy, so I could throw it, but my phone doesn’t deserve to be damaged because of an author’s anti-women-having-careers agenda. (“I don’t want to talk about it.” After all of that. Ugh. You a****le. THIS IS NOT OKAY.) I wish I hadn’t spent money on this book. I wish I could unread it, that it wouldn’t be in my brain. It deserves two stars because it is well-written for a novel with such a stomach-churning, twisted, career-women-shaming center, though if it weren’t for that, it’d deserve zero stars. I honestly wish this had never been written.

Quick, thought provoking, adventure of the truthful mind.

And am married, am thinking about kids and have a crazy career that keeps me really busy and away from my husband often...but this book hit so close to home there were parts that made me uncomfortable...in a good way. I read it in two days. I couldn't put it down. Definitely a great read and a solid thought-starter on love and marriage and what it all means.

With this story lacks a in sophistication, it makes up for in an interesting concept. This book is the perfect easy winter time read. It's fluffy and romantic and completely unrealistic, but that's okay because it's an accurate depiction of real life struggles in marriage. Definitely middle of the road but worth the time to read, if you're looking for something simple to enjoy without investing mass quantities of brain power.

This is one of the biggest wastes of time I've ever spent. It was like reading something a 12 year old would write, and that's saying something because I really like chick lit.

This book was so unrealistic it should be a child's fairy tale. It was confusing at first and by the time I realized the phone's story, it was impossible for me to endure the senselessness of it. I just don't quit books but this is one I could have just stopped.

Can't wait till tomorrow for this book! Rainbows always make me smile.

Soo excited to read this!!!! I love your books❤️👌👍