As I write this I am sitting at my university campus having just finished the book The Last Letter from Your Lover by Jojo Moyes. I actually watched the Last Letter From Your Lover on Netflix first, and I loved the film. I thought it was really well done, and I liked the cast as well. I didn't know it was a book until I saw it next to Me Before You on the bookshelves at my local library. I picked it up and read it in the week leading up to the start of the fall semester. I love the way Moyes writes, I'm always taken right into the worlds she creates. This book was no different, and I enjoyed it just as much as I enjoyed Me Before You. Just like Me Before You, the book left me uneasy, thinking about the topics artfully covered in the book.
As much as I enjoyed the book, I didn't like the fact that infidelity was such a central point of the plot. I firmly believe that someone who cheats on their partner doesn't love them, in fact they have to hate their partner in order to cheat. Cheating puts the emotional, mental, and physical/sexual health of the affected partner at risk, it's violent and it's ugly. I think people who cheat on their significant other should be legally prosecuted, have their credit scores ruined, and be placed in therapy or counseling. I really liked that Moyes portrayed the damage caused by extramarital affairs cause when John's wife confronts Ellie. I can tell that Moyes doesn't condone affairs or cheating, so this is more of a personal tangent.
I thought that the back and forth between timelines was really well done, and I got equally invested in both. Mainly, I think that the book should convince people of simply ending relationships before entering a new one or getting involved with someone who's taken. It's too much work, and in the end you only want someone who you can fully trust, life is hard enough without a partner you can't trust.
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