April and Oliver Book

"In Venice we saw the bridge of sighs...Everyone should stand there once in their life."

"These are young people Reina" says Mr. Bergfalk "What they need is to be in love, not standing on some lonely bridge."
"You think there's a difference?"

This book destroyed my soul and tore me apart until I was nothing but a vessel of emotions and pathos. And the worst part, the worst part is - I would do it all over again...

There are little gems, that we as readers come across and from start to finish it evokes an explosion of emotions from us but the main emotion we are left with during the end is jealousy. Jealousy because we envy those who can go through the story experiencing it for the very first time.

"It's like this," Nana says. "All your life you're yellow. Then one day you brush up against something blue, the barest touch, and voila, the rest of your life you're green."

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The Story
April and Oliver isn't a book I would recommend to everyone, because this is the type of story that would mean something completely different for each individual. It is the type of book that you will have to analyze from a literary perspective because not everything is black and white. You have to read between those wonderful, wonderful lines.

It's tragic, It's gut-wrenching, It's up-lifting, It makes you feel.



I would say go into this with very little prior knowledge about the story and let it all come down and hit you like a ton of bricks. The pain is worth it.

The Writing
"How about passion? Does that enter the equation?"... "Its overrated" she says. "The stuff of wars."

The most beautiful characteristic of this book is it's writing. It is lyrical and leaves you feeling so many things at the same time with not even trying to.


I loved that it was written in a way that even minor details and small fractures to the story added up after a couple chapters. A word would be repeated, or a saying, or a memory and I understood. I understood as if I was the character themselves.



The Characters
These characters made my heart ache. Every single one of them was damaged in their own way and we saw that. Through such a humane and mundane way - it was breath-taking. We saw them grow and understand themselves, we saw them hurt for each other.

April and Oliver as characters will always store a place in my heart, it is only fair as they made my heart go through so much. I am mentally tired but I still want more.

While reading this, I had a cover of Miracles by Coldplay on and once you listen to it and emerge yourself in the story - theres no going back. Every time that song plays now, I will be reminded of this story. The presence of tears will be guaranteed.

Nana. Nothing I can write will do her justice.