Reminders of Him

 

The book we shall be reviewing today is 'Remainders of him' penned by 'Colleen Hoover'. It is contemporary fiction which will take you on an emotional journey,  

Colleen Hoover is a renowned author known for her famous works 'It ends with us', 'Verity' , 'November 9', 'Without Merit', and 'Ugly Love'.

Remainders of him is narrated from two points of view: Kenna and Ledger. Kenna is a troubled young mother who hopes to get a second chance in life by reuniting with her daughter after serving five years in prison. The problem is nobody in her daughter's life is ready to forgive her and let her into her daughter's life.

Ledger is the only one that hasn't burned all the bridges with Kenna, but as their relationship gradually grows, it could end everything. They need to find a way to absolve past mistakes and build a future but is it even possible?

*Spoiler alert: Quotes from the book*

“There was before you and there was during you. For some reason, I never thought there would be an after you,” is a quote from the book that tells us that life is unpredictable and we cannot even imagine what tomorrow might bring us. 

“We’re all just a bunch of sad people doing what we have to do to make it until tomorrow,” is an extract from the book that states the sad reality of life. 

“Maybe the best way to cope with the loss of the people we love is to find them in as many places and things as we possibly can." 

“No matter how much you love someone, you can still do despicable things to them," is a quote from the book that tells us that sometimes we don't even realise the weight of our actions and how they can affect someone else. 

“sometimes we do things for people we love, even though

we wouldn’t choose to do those things for ourselves,” is a quote from the book that illustrates to us that when we station a person above us, we do things we never would even have thought of doing if it was for us. 

“I miss you all the time, even when we’re together,” is an extract from the book that describes how we can get lonely sometimes, even when we are not alone.