All Your Perfects: A Novel: 4 (Hopeless)

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COLLEAGUE!! She wanted Graham and Quinn so badly. She wanted him to keep fighting for her. When chapter 16 came along, he was very worried. abeYou didn’t ruin my dreams for these two. Of course, without a little swoon, it wouldn’t be considered romance…and boy did I swoon. Then after this, she goes to Europe to see Ava. She hasn’t talked to Graham in three weeks and he goes to visit her where they finally open up that darn box and the dance ends.

We immediately understand that this is a woman who wants to have a child desperately but can’t and it’s slowly tearing her on the inside that she can’t and is barely holding on. Quinn’s POV benefited a lot from Hoover’s sparse but emotional prose which captured Quinn’s pain so well.That thought plagues me during the entire ride up the elevator to Ethan’s floor. Vincent has been my favorite doorman since Ethan moved into this apartment building. He always smiles and chats with me. But today, he simply held the door open with a stoic expression. Not even a, “Hello, Quinn. How was your trip?” He stares at me a moment, contemplating my odd train of thought. “ Sasha is ugly. You have nothing to worry about.” Then I eat and wonder how long I’m going to sit out here in the hallway with this guy. I don’t want to be here when the door opens because I don’t want to see what Sasha looks like. But I also don’t want to miss the moment when she opens the door and finds Graham sitting out here, eating her Chinese food. And I promise. . . . I swear . . . that if you choose to end things between us, I will love you mores as you’re walking out the door than on the day you walked down the aisle.

On the other hand, I found both now and then sections overdramatic. I had to roll my eyes on some of Graham's gestures and speeches, and I actually like sappy scenes. Most importantly in sections which takes in the future, I felt like I did not enjoy what I was reading and asked myself why am I reading something that makes me frown. I am OK with crying in books but I actually enjoy sad scenes in most books. In this book, sadly this was not the case. I look at him and realize it’s the first time I’ve really taken him in. This might be one of the worst moments of his life, but even taking that into consideration, he’s extremely handsome. Expressive dark brown eyes that match his unruly hair. A strong jaw that’s been constantly twitching with silent rage since I walked out of the elevator. Two full lips that keep being pressed together and thinned out every time he glances at the door. It makes me wonder if his features would appear softer if his girlfriend weren’t in there with Ethan right now.He shakes his head. Tiny little fast shakes that indicate I couldn’t be more wrong and he couldn’t be more right. “I have the right apartment. I’m positive. Does your fiancé drive a blue Volvo?” Disclaimer: I do not suffer from the same infertility issues that Quinn went through but I personally thought this was handled well by Hoover. As the book is told by Quinn, we get to experience her pain and bitterness first hand. And a lot of the scenarios that she mentioned rang very true. What a glorious and touching read, a forever keeper. The kind of book that gets handed down." USA Today

Trigger and content warnings for: infertility, miscar I think I’m masochistic and I’ll discuss this with my new and 18th shrink: because anytime I start one of your works: I just cry. Even looking at the cover create same affect on me. After I read “ Slammed” I cried for two days and after reading Hopeless, I started to throw things against my wall when I’m replying the word “ Why” like a barking dog. After “ November 9” my cries turned into howling. The epilogue was adorable in how Graham kept cheering her on like the proud husband he was when Quinn changed the tire. Or how they got a dog and named it August after the month they reconnected. And to think that that was the month they reconnected all those years ago and that it was maybe the month that they reconnected again after their hardships. Full circle moment, my friends, full circle moment. Have an open and honest discussion about infertility and the societal pressures placed on women to be mothers with members of your book club and/or at home with your family and friends. I thought this story was chemical, it broke my heart in the best way and as much as I hurt - I didn't want it to end. I didn't want to leave Quinn and Graham. I wanted to see every detail of what their lives would turn out to be.As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried; he is a shield unto all them that trust in him. He stares at me a moment, contemplating my odd train of thought. “Sasha is ugly. You have nothing to worry about.”