Reviews of Love Will Tear Us Apart

terris94

08/06/2018 – 20:41

Broken promises

Teenage pacts and marriage vows. Two things which doesn't always go hand in hand when you are...

fortheloveofbooks

08/06/2018 – 13:53

Didn't really grip me.

Sometimes a promise becomes a prison. Fearing eternal singledom, childhood friends Kate and...

rraychul

08/06/2018 – 02:25

can a childhood vow change the course of our lives?

Kate and Paul are from polar opposite upbringings, yet their chance meeting at a creek between...

silvia

07/06/2018 – 17:45

What is family?

I absolutely loved the book! Let's start from the cover, which is gorgeous. The colour, the...

booksonsea

07/06/2018 – 15:15

Wasn't what I was expecting

I read Holly Seddon's first book 'Don't close your eyes' and really enjoyed it, so was excited to...

em_watsonxo

06/06/2018 – 23:25

A bit slow in the beginning

This style of writing isn’t normally my thing, constant flashbacks and different eras can often...

knotsharon

04/06/2018 – 18:23

I like it a lot

This book looks like a really good read, a complex story that many friends joke about. Be...

janaybrazier

02/06/2018 – 17:25

I Wanted More

I was so excited to receive this book to review, especially as it is not the kind of thing that I...

janet

01/06/2018 – 13:08

Different

This is the third Holly Seddon book I have read . I have not enjoyed any as much as the first....

mikimoo

01/06/2018 – 08:39

It was OK.

Throughout this book, Kate, the main character, hinted at a letter and it's explosive contents. ...

lizard

31/05/2018 – 15:09

Beautiful

This book is about two childhood friends who decide that if they are not married by a certain...

bookloveressex

30/05/2018 – 11:21

Love or Friendship?

Love will tear us apart is a bittersweet coming of age story between Kate and Paul. The story...

whizz

30/05/2018 – 10:51

Tore Me Apart

Ian Curtis and Joy Division were my first thought when I picked this book up. I am wondering if I...

jackie bookworm

28/05/2018 – 22:35

Not quite what I thought

I wanted to give this three and a half stars but couldn’t work out how to do it. However, I quite...

trishpea

26/05/2018 – 20:56

An enjoyable read, but didn't quite live up to expectations

I was really looking forward to reading "Love Will Tear Us Apart," and on the whole this was...

hallrachel

26/05/2018 – 17:56

3.5 stars - Unmomentous women’s fiction charting a childhood friendship & eventual marriage. Well-written and observed.

Love Will Tear Us Apart is a very different novel to either of Holly Seddon’s previous efforts,...

valerian70

25/05/2018 – 07:11

Friendship Never Ends

I simply loved this book and was quite sad to see it end, especially as it sort of drifts to a...

weeklywriter

24/05/2018 – 11:48

Another fantastic book from Holly!

So you know those pacts you hear/read about all the time, where two people agree to marry one...

routledgegirl

23/05/2018 – 06:55

The story of a lifelong relationship, threatened by a secret from the past

This is the story of the relationship between Kate and Paul, close friends since childhood,...

angep1969

22/05/2018 – 16:44

A surprise to see a book set around the places of my teen years!

In an echo of the Monica/Chandler story in Friends, Paul and Kate make a vow as teenagers that if...

it’s a cat’s life….

21/05/2018 – 17:50

A little disappointed!

"Love Will Tear Us Apart" sadly disappointed me just a little. I was genuinely looking forward to...