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Instructions for dancing

 

The book we shall be reviewing today is 'Instructions for Dancing' penned by Nicola Yoon. It is a contemporary fiction romance novel. 


Nicola Yoon is a Jamaican-American author. She is known for her other books like 'Everything, Everything' and 'The sun is also a star'.



Instructions for dancing is the story of a girl Evie who stops believing in love after her parent's divorce and promises herself that she will never fall in love. She has visions of the relationship from the beginning to the very end leading to heartbreak when catches a glimpse of a couple kiss each other, but this only strengthens her will to avoid it at all costs. When she meets a boy in a dance studio, she starts to fall for her inevitable. She questions herself if it is all worth it. 


'I want to go back and unknow all the things I know now. But you can't unknow things,' is a quote from the book which describes to us that sometimes we want to forget all that we know and start over but, sadly that is not possible. 


'Life is short. Seize the day. Live in the moment,' is a quote from the book that tells us that we have limited time on earth and we have to make the most use of it. 


'In the darkness there is still hope. Some hidden things in the place you can't see,' is a quote from the book that illustrates to us that not knowing is the end is better than worrying knowing it and losing all hope. 


'Just because a thing ends doesn't mean it wasn't real,' is a quote from the book that tells us that when something comes to an end, it does not mean what we felt at that moment was fake. 


'Beginnings are nice, but the best part is right now, in the wode-open middle' is another quote from the book that tells us that the start of something is good and the end might or might not be but living this very moment at the fullest is the most important thing. 


'An unhappy ending for someone can mean a happy beginning for another,' is a quote from the book that describes to us that one door has to close for another to open.


'You can miss the future with people who are still alive too,' is another quote from the book that tells us that when we say goodbye to someone we didn't think we will have to, we will miss all the things that we imagined that we were supposed to do with that person. 


'If you get very, very lucky in life, then you get to love another person so hard and so completely that when we lose them, it rips you apart. I think the pain is the proof of a life well lived and well loved,' is a quote from the book that tells us that it is the hurt that reminds us of what we once had and lost was real. Pain tells us that we are still alive. 


'Once you figure out what you love the most, you don't really have time for anything else,' is a quote from the book that tells us that when we love something, it becomes our utmost priority. 


'I don't know why we lose the people we love and how we are supposed to go on after we lose them,' is a quote from the book that tells us that when we lose somebody close to us, we feel that it is the end of the world, but it isn't. There is still hope at the end of the tunnel. 


If you like to read contemporary romance, something about dancing, love or friendship, then this is your pick. 


 









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