"But I've learned over the past year what it really means to be able to miss someone. In order to miss someone, that means you were privileged enough to have them in your life to begin with."
Impossible to believe. Difficult to believe. Extraordinary.
INCREDIBLE. INCREDIBLE. I-N-C-R-E-D-I-B-L-E.
I don't know what else to describe this book. I run out of words to describe how I feel towards this absolutely amazing work of the living genius COLLEEN HOOVER. seriously, I WILL OFFER MY LIFE just to prove HOW MUCH I ABSOLUTELY ADORE AND LOVE THIS BOOK! #KillMeNow --but i am just kidding huh? let me just finish this book review first. hee hee hee :)
OH SO HELP ME GODDDDDD. WHAT DO I SAY? i just don't have any fcking idea on what to saaaaaaaaaaaay!
Let me just say this first. December 28 of 2012, i told myself, I WILL READ HOPELESS BEFORE THIS YEAR ENDS. yes, i told myself that one. and IT REALLY, REALLY, REALLY MADE MY YEAR! All the books i have read before Hopeless suddenly forgotten because I WAS TOTALLY AND ABSOLUTELY CONSUMED WITH THIS BOOK. i just can't... i just can't tell you or write it down HOW MUCH I AM HOOKED with Hopeless. Believe me, it feels like it's the best-est among the list of best-est books in the history of best-est.
And i can still remember WHAT IT FEELS LIKE to receive a signed paperback of HOPELESS two months after i have written my book review. I am on duty in the hospital, morning shift. I asked my father to guy to the post office and inquire if there's a mail for me and at 11AM, father bought this box to me in the hospital and poooof, I SCREAMED after reading on the box whom and where it came from. COLLEEN HOOVER. oh my god, I CAN STILL REMEMBER, CRYSTAL CLEAR, that moment. It was abso-freakin-lutely the best feeling i've ever had. I CRIED in our station and my fellow nurses asked me why. Well, i just handed them the box containing the book and they were as nuts as me. YES! I don't care what my patients thought of me at that moment.
I'VE GOT A SIGNED COPY OF
H-O-P-E-L-E-S-S!
H-O-P-E-L-E-S-S!
You just get what i am feeling right? right? ANSWER ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL
NOW, LET'S GET INTO BUSINESS.
*and here I am, staring blankly at my screen, have no freakin idea what to say*
So, forgive me if this review is... somewhat like... *insert caption here*
LOSING HOPE.
After knowing that there'll be a follow-up book of the spectacular HOPELESS, I became friggin excited to read this book. The best part is... it'll be on HOLDER's POV. Yes, that is the best part for me. I am not really a fan of books based on male's POV but I CAN MAKE AN EXCEPTION. *SHOUTY CAPITALS* IT'S COLLEEN HOOVER WHO IS WRITING PEOPLE! IT'S NO OTHER THAN COLLEEN butterflying HOOVER!
As you may know, I AM JUST AN ORDINARY PERSON, ordinary "netizen", your typical book lover and your typical book blogger. I only made book reviews for the books which REALLY MADE A HUGE IMPACT IN ME. yesss, you may check it out on my blog after reading this, trust me, there's only few. BUT THEY ARE THE ONES WHICH ARE REALLY, REALLY, REAAAAALLY MY FAVORITE BOOKS. If there's a word which means more than "favorite" that'll be it.
Anyways, I just woke up on a pleasant Friday morning, JUNE 28, 2013 reading an email on my iTouch that says, LOSING HOPE BY COLLEEN HOOVER AVAILABLE TO READ NOW ON NETGALLEY. and fml, kill me now, WHY AM I SUCH A LUCKY BITCH TO READ THIS BOOK IN ADVANCE? WHY? WHAT DID I DO BEFORE TO DESERVE THIS? OH MY GODS! As i have said, i am just your typical reader who enjoys reading books. SERIOUSLY, THIS STILL FEELS fckin SURREAL!
I NEVER THOUGHT I COULD LOVE DEAN HOLDER EVEN MORE. I know, he already stole the remaining piece of my heart on HOPELESS, yet, after reading LOSING HOPE, I do not know what else he has stolen, THE VERY LAST PIECE OF MY SOUL, I guess? YES, THAT'LL BE IT!
At the very beginning, i already cried which was REALLY UNEXPECTED! As what Sky's described Holder, INTENSE. The first part of the book was really INTENSE. Knowing what Holder experienced all those years after they lost HOPE. I feel sorry to infinity and beyond for him. It made me wanna jump inside the book and hug him till it'll ease the pain he's been hiding inside. I just wanted to be there for him when he's got no one. My heart swells for him. IT SWELLS TO THE POINT I PICKED IT FROM THE GROUND. hee hee hee joke! :)
TOTALLY UNEXPECTED. If Hopeless was that "UNEXPECTED" then brace yourselves, LOSING HOPE IS 10TIMES UNEXPECTED. yep!
I like, I live, I love LOSING HOPE. EVERY.SINGLE.THING.ABOUT.THIS.BOOK.
We have witnessed all the struggles and hardships of Holder. His hope in finding HOPE again. I really admire his hope and faith that one day, he will soon find HOPE. Even his chances in finding her once again is so slim, yet he has hope. HOPE has always been in him.
And what surprised me the most... THAT STOLEN FIRST KISS BY HOLDER! As in OH MY GOSH! i went scrambled eggs after i read that part. "FUCK ALL THE FIRST SKY, THE ONLY THING THAT MATTER TO ME WITH YOU ARE THE FOREVERS." Seriously, I WAS WHIRLWIND BLOWN. I WAS TORNADO BLOWN AWAY. I really thought. I really thought. "not going home without a preview"-- HOLY SLUTBAGS, KILL ME NOW! This line just made my knickers twist! LMAO
This book, LOSING HOPE talks about different aspects of life. It tackles about stages of life, from being a toddler, to being a child to being a teenager to handling conflicts, circumstances, problems, and most especially it talks unconditional love. LOVE. This book can teach you so many many many things. Unlike other books that only talks about love, s*x, and it’s actually all fairytale then that’s it, you may like it but you can eventually forget what the story is all about. But this, it leaves something on you, especially in your very core, your HEART, it leaves something on you that will make you realize, “GOD! THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING IN LIFE.” Life. Life as we know it.
Like Sky, I can’t put into words how much I am affected with this book, I tried to search for an adjective to describe what I thought but I can’t. THIS BOOK JUST MAKES ME FEEL.
To the BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAINS behind this epic book, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR TALENT WITH US BY WRITING TWO OF THE BEST BOOKS IN MY ENTIRE BOOK JUNKIE LIFE, HOPELESS AND LOSING HOPE. Thank you for being so awesome. Thank you for being generous author. Thank you for being genuine. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US DEAN HOLDER. THANK YOU FOR BEING JUST YOU.
You just don't know how this truly affect my life. I WISH I COULD FLY THIS DISTANCE BETWEEN US AND TELL YOU PERSONALLY HOW MUCH I ADORE YOU. I COULD KISS YOUR FEET AND KISS EVERY DAMN STEP YOU ARE TAKING JUST TO SHOW YOU HOW MUCH I LIKE, LIVE, LOVE YOU AND YOUR SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS BOOKS.
YOU'VE RUINED MY LIFE COLLEEN. IN A VERY BEST DAMN WAY POSSIBLE!
ONE MILLION HOPE-FUL STARS FOR THIS BOOK.
CONGRATULATIONS
I CAN SMELL ANOTHER #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR AWARD COMING ON THE WAY!
and i am very positive with that!
i love you. I JUST LOVE YOU COLLEEN! <3
xo,
EMILIE <3
