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A review by stephsbooktalk
The Days I Loved You Most by Amy Neff
4.0
Thank you so much to Harlequin Trade Publishing for a gifted copy of this book!
This book is out now!
**Please check the trigger warnings for this before reading**
This book was sent to me with a pack of tissues and a note advising how I would need these.
Okay so I did not need the tissues but I could see why it came with a warning. I thought the parts that were more emotional was thinking about getting older and thinking about my parents and more recently my grandmother dying of Parkinson's. Those pulled on my heartstrings a little more than the romance itself.
Though the synopsis tells you the gut wrenching decision that Evelyn and Joseph are deciding to end their lives in a years time. Don't worry you get all their reasons why and their reactions from the children once they tell them the news.
This book is out now!
**Please check the trigger warnings for this before reading**
This book was sent to me with a pack of tissues and a note advising how I would need these.
Okay so I did not need the tissues but I could see why it came with a warning. I thought the parts that were more emotional was thinking about getting older and thinking about my parents and more recently my grandmother dying of Parkinson's. Those pulled on my heartstrings a little more than the romance itself.
Though the synopsis tells you the gut wrenching decision that Evelyn and Joseph are deciding to end their lives in a years time. Don't worry you get all their reasons why and their reactions from the children once they tell them the news.
"I want to remember everything we shared, this entire life. The best way I can think to say goodbye is to revisit it all... falling in love, having our children, the grand-children, all of it...even the days we were lost. It's not only the happiest days, though they're a part of it. But it was also the hardest days. The days I was lost, the days I thought I'd lose you. When everything fell apart but you were all I needed. Those are the days I loved you most."
This book is told from two different timelines: The Present vs Past with multiple point of views. We get to see Evelyn and Joseph's love story and the complexities of a relationship and how marriage is work. We also get insight in on their life with their children and how their lives change of the news as well as events in their life shape who they are. I thought the chapters that dealt with Evelyn's relationship with her daughter Jane was very introspective. - a rebellious teen in the late 60s , you know she was in for a wild time!
I primarily listened to this via audio which had a full cast of narrators: Andi Arndt, Robert Fass, Ferdelle Capistrano, Katie Koster, Sean Patrick Hopkins. I will say I didn't notice that there were so many narrators as the voices must have sounded pretty similar between the characters. Even with not hearing the different voices, I was able to follow the story with no issue. There were times when the different point of views would change within a chapter (still staying within the same timeline though).
Other readers compared this book to likes such as The Notebook and Me Before You. I have not read either but if you have and loved them, then I would consider checking this one out as well!