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Book Review - Dear Ana

Book Title: Dear Ana
Author: I.I.E
Pages: 429

Summary:

When twenty-five-year-old Maya Ibrahim goes to the cemetery on the anniversary of her accident, itโ€™s not so she can pay her respects to the dead girl that saved her lifeโ€“itโ€™s so she can finally take back the future she was robbed of ten years ago. Seconds before she can successfully carve her fate, Maya gets interrupted by Noah Davidson, and after a rocky first impression, they form an unlikely friendship. 

Alternating between her present, and the letters she wrote detailing the painful consequences of her survival, Dear Ana follows Maya as she tries to overcome her past and find herself again amidst all the chaos. Will she continue to hide her scars, or will she be honest and tell Noah that the heart of the girl he once loved is still beatingโ€ฆ but in Maya instead?


Book Review:

"๐‘ฐโ€™๐’๐’ ๐’”๐’†๐’† ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’˜๐’‰๐’†๐’ ๐‘ฐ ๐’˜๐’‚๐’Œ๐’† ๐’–๐’‘ ๐’‚๐’• ๐’”๐’–๐’๐’“๐’Š๐’”๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’”๐’‚๐’š ๐’ˆ๐’๐’๐’… ๐’Ž๐’๐’“๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’ ๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’Š๐’ ๐’‚๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’–๐’ ๐’”๐’†๐’•๐’” ๐’˜๐’‰๐’†๐’ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’”๐’‚๐’š ๐’ˆ๐’๐’๐’…๐’๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’•"

Lords! There are no words, absolutely. Beautiful amidst tragedy. I tried to mark some lines I thought were beautiful, but how can I tab every page? I suppose I'll just have to reread it over and over until I memorize it, there's no way out. 

For a book that focuses so much on death and oblivion, it sure is life-affirming. It was everything at once, making it that much more beautiful and difficult to read.

"๐’€๐’๐’– ๐’˜๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’•๐’๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’“๐’๐’Œ๐’†๐’ ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’Ž๐’†, ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’š๐’‚. ๐‘ต๐’ ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’•๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’‰๐’๐’˜ ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’š ๐’…๐’Š๐’‡๐’‡๐’†๐’“๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’†๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’” ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’… ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“๐’”๐’†๐’๐’‡, ๐’Š๐’• ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’˜๐’‚๐’š๐’” ๐’†๐’๐’… ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’Ž๐’† ๐’‡๐’‚๐’๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‰๐’๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’๐’š ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’†๐’๐’…๐’๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’๐’š ๐’Š๐’ ๐’๐’๐’—๐’† ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’š๐’๐’–"

The writing style of the author is beyond exquisite. Its the kind of story that I know will stay with me forever, i mean it. Planning to re-read it asap. 

If anything I'd be more scared of the fact that I probably cried for about 80% of this book and once I finished I sobbed for about an hour, can't help. 

โ€œ๐‘ฐ ๐’‰๐’๐’‘๐’† ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’‰๐’†๐’‚๐’ ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’‚๐’“๐’† ๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’๐’•๐’๐’š ๐’•๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’‚๐’‘๐’‚๐’“๐’•. ๐‘ฐ ๐’‰๐’๐’‘๐’† ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’‡๐’Š๐’๐’… ๐’‰๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’”๐’”.โ€

Rating : 10/10 


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