Reminders of Him
Colleen Hoover, 2022
A woman returns to the town that has already decided what she is, and tries to be let back in. Hoover at her most raw. A raw, plainspoken story that moves through grief and hope, with love and small-town judgment pressing on every page.
Feels like hope, grief and tenderness. About love, freedom and morality.
Who it’s for
You may like it if you want a contemporary romance about a woman facing a town's fixed opinion of her, told with plain emotion. The grief and moral scrutiny are constant, so the heaviest stretches may feel unrelenting.
Why read it
It gives you an honest look at regret, forgiveness and the cost of being judged, without easy answers.
A page from the book
The line between one bad night and a ruined life.
A good person who had one bad night. It happens to the best of us. The worst of us. All of us. Some of us are just luckier than others, and our bad moments have fewer casualties. Colleen Hoover.Before she wrote fiction, Hoover worked as a social worker in Texas; she self-published her 2012 debut and it became a bestseller almost entirely by word of mouth.
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Questions readers ask
- Is Reminders of Him for me?
- You may like it if you want a contemporary romance about a woman facing a town's fixed opinion of her, told with plain emotion. The grief and moral scrutiny are constant, so the heaviest stretches may feel unrelenting.
- What is Reminders of Him like?
- A raw, plainspoken story that moves through grief and hope, with love and small-town judgment pressing on every page. Feels like hope, grief and tenderness. About love, freedom and morality.
- What should I read after Reminders of Him?
- If you liked Reminders of Him, try P.S. I Love You (Cecelia Ahern), The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Heather Morris) and The Happy Ever After Playlist (Abby Jimenez).
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The difference between being loved and being known.
Finding someone you love and who loves you back is a wonderful, wonderful feeling. But finding a true soul mate is an even better feeling. A soul mate is someone who understands you like no other, loves you like no other, will be there for you forever, no matter what. They say that nothing lasts forever, but I am a firm believer in the fact that for some, love lives on even after we’re gone.
P.S. I Love You · Cecelia Ahern
What a man promises himself when survival is not enough.
Lale makes a vow to himself: I will live to leave this place. I will walk out a free man. If there is a hell, I will see these murderers burn in it.
The Tattooist of Auschwitz · Heather Morris
HOW IT SOUNDS WHEN A MAN ADMITS LOVE SONGS GOT IT WRONG
You think you know what love looks like. You think the fairy tales and the romantic movies prepare you. And then you finally, really truly find it and you realize you never knew a thing about it until her.” He shook his head. “She was every love song I’ve never been good enough to write.
The Happy Ever After Playlist · Abby Jimenez
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